group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Manae
まなえ
Given-name classification varies across source records.
まなえマナエManae
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings36 Source spelling/reading rows36 Coverage levelExtended
Extended source depth
This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
Pronunciation & romanization
How to read Manae
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Manae. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Meaning by written form
What can Manae mean?
A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Manae”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
まなえ
This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.
Characters and loaded glosses
まKana characterなKana characterえKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
まな詠
This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
万南恵
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
万奈依
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
万渚絵
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
万苗
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
学絵
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
愛恵
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
愛惠
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
愛慧
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
愛枝
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Kanji spelling
愛永
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Characters and loaded glosses
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 36. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.
How to read these meanings
The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.
Reading profile
How Manae is represented
These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.
まなえ
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
recorded spelling
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
JMnedict classification evidence
How this reading is classified in the source corpus
This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.
まなえ in the imported JMnedict corpus
36 source spelling/reading rows
1 source spelling/reading row
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| まなえManae | 3636 source rows | female 35 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 35 · unspecified 1 | 11 source row |
Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.
Spelling anatomy
Corpus structure behind Manae
This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.
11–31 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| まなえ | Manae | 3 | 36 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
13 of 36 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
真愛
愛恵
愛萌
愛枝
愛永
愛絵
真枝
真絵
A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.
Kanji role reference
How recurring characters function across Manae spellings
Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.
| Kanji | Character glosses | Forms | First | Final | Internal | Solo | Strokes | KANJIDIC2 nanori | Loaded class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 愛 | love, affection, favourite | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | あ, あし, え, かな +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 真 | true, reality, Buddhist sect | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 恵 | favor, blessing, grace | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | あや, け, さと, さとし +4 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 奈 | Nara, what? | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 苗 | seedling, sapling, shoot | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ねい, のら, みう, みつ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 絵 | picture, drawing, painting | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 万 | ten thousand, 10,000 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | かず, ま, ゆる | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 南 | south | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | なみ, は, みな, みまみ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 依 | reliant, depend on, consequently | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | よ, より | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 茉 | jasmine | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | み | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 麻 | hemp, flax, numb | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | あ, あざ, お | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 枝 | bough, branch, twig | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | え, ぐさ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.
Exact writing research map
Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context
These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.
Exact written form
まなえ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Manaeまなえ · this page
Characters in order
まKanaなKanaえKana
Exact written form
まな詠
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Manaeまなえ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
万南恵
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Manaeまなえ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
万奈依
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Manaeまなえ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
万渚絵
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Manaeまなえ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
万苗
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Manaeまなえ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
学絵
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Manaeまなえ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
愛恵
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
愛惠
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Manaeまなえ · this pageMegumiめぐみ
Characters in order
Exact written form
愛慧
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
ChikaeちかえManaeまなえ · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 36. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Manae spellings
Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.
愛love, affection, favourite11 of 36 analyzed forms真true, reality, Buddhist sect8 of 36 analyzed forms恵favor, blessing, grace7 of 36 analyzed forms奈Nara, what?7 of 36 analyzed forms苗seedling, sapling, shoot6 of 36 analyzed forms絵picture, drawing, painting5 of 36 analyzed forms万ten thousand, 10,0004 of 36 analyzed forms南south4 of 36 analyzed forms依reliant, depend on, consequently4 of 36 analyzed forms茉jasmine4 of 36 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Manae
36 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading まなえ. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.
まなえ
まなえ · Manae
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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まな詠
まなえ · Manae
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万南恵
まなえ · Manae
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万奈依
まなえ · Manae
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万渚絵
まなえ · Manae
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万苗
まなえ · Manae
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学絵
まなえ · Manae
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愛恵
まなえ · Manae
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
愛惠
まなえ · Manae
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
愛慧
まなえ · Manae
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
愛枝
まなえ · Manae
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
愛永
まなえ · Manae
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
愛江
まなえ · Manae
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
愛絵
まなえ · Manae
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
愛苗
まなえ · Manae
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
愛萌
まなえ · Manae
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
愛重
まなえ · Manae
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Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
満奈栄
まなえ · Manae
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痲茄荏
まなえ · Manae
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真南恵
まなえ · Manae
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真夏栄
まなえ · Manae
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真奈依
まなえ · Manae
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真奈恵
まなえ · Manae
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真愛
まなえ · Manae
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
真枝
まなえ · Manae
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
真絵
まなえ · Manae
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Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
真苗
まなえ · Manae
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茉南恵
まなえ · Manae
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茉名恵
まなえ · Manae
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茉奈依
まなえ · Manae
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茉苗
まなえ · Manae
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蒔苗
まなえ · Manae
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麻南恵
まなえ · Manae
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麻奈依
まなえ · Manae
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麻奈絵
まなえ · Manae
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麻苗
まなえ · Manae
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Spelling comparator
Compare Manae forms side by side
Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| まなえ | まなえ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| まな詠 | まなえ | 詠 — recitation, poem | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 万南恵 | まなえ | 万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 南 — south · 恵 — favor, blessing | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 万奈依 | まなえ | 万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 奈 — Nara, what? · 依 — reliant, depend on | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 万渚絵 | まなえ | 万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 渚 · 絵 — picture, drawing | 27 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 万苗 | まなえ | 万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 苗 — seedling, sapling | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 学絵 | まなえ | 学 — study, learning · 絵 — picture, drawing | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 愛恵 | まなえ | 愛 — love, affection · 恵 — favor, blessing | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 愛惠 | まなえ | 愛 — love, affection · 惠 — blessing, grace | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 愛慧 | まなえ | 愛 — love, affection · 慧 — wise | 28 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 愛枝 | まなえ | 愛 — love, affection · 枝 — bough, branch | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 愛永 | まなえ | 愛 — love, affection · 永 — eternity, long | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 愛江 | まなえ | 愛 — love, affection · 江 — creek, inlet | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 愛絵 | まなえ | 愛 — love, affection · 絵 — picture, drawing | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 愛苗 | まなえ | 愛 — love, affection · 苗 — seedling, sapling | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 愛萌 | まなえ | 愛 — love, affection · 萌 — show symptoms of, sprout | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.
What does Manae mean?
There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.
Related readings
More names beginning with まな
Related by the opening kana of the dictionary reading. This is a deterministic browsing relationship, not a claim that the names share the same meaning.
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179 recorded spellings
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95 recorded spellings
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86 recorded spellings
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27 recorded spellings
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20 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceManatsu
16 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceManao
15 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceManaha
13 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceManaki
13 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited referenceManato
13 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceManase
12 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceManabi
5 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Manae
These links are calculated from exact characters appearing in source-recorded spellings on this page. Sharing a kanji does not mean two names have the same reading, origin, gender or intended meaning.
Given-name relationship
Sanae
依南奈恵愛真絵苗
8 shared kanji · 75 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipManami
万南奈愛真苗茉
7 shared kanji · 145 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKanae
依南奈恵愛絵苗
7 shared kanji · 122 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMarie
万依恵真絵苗茉
7 shared kanji · 116 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasae
万依恵愛真絵茉
7 shared kanji · 83 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNanae
依南奈恵愛絵苗
7 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipEma
万依恵愛真絵茉
7 shared kanji · 41 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMae
万依恵愛真絵茉
7 shared kanji · 22 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipErina
依南奈恵愛絵
6 shared kanji · 121 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipEmi
依恵愛真絵苗
6 shared kanji · 54 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMana
万南奈愛真茉
6 shared kanji · 54 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMai
万依恵愛真茉
6 shared kanji · 49 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Evidence on this page
What each source establishes
JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.
Source boundary
The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.
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