Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Marika

マリカ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

まりかマリカMarika

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Reference coverage

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.

Distinct recorded spellings110

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows111

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Marika

The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.

Source readingまりか

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマリカ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMarika

Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Marika. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.

Mora segmentationま · り · か

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 Marika 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 “Marika”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings10

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings2

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

マリカ

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

マKana characterリKana characterカKana character

Kana-only spelling

まりか

Characters and loaded glosses

まKana characterりKana characterかKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

まり果

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

まKana characterりKana character果fruit, reward, carry out

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

まり花

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

まKana characterりKana character花flower

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

まり香

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

まKana characterりKana character香incense, smell, perfume

Kanji spelling

万凜香

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

万ten thousand, 10,000凜cold, strict, severe香incense, smell, perfume

Kanji spelling

万梨嘩

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000梨pear tree嘩noisy

Kanji spelling

万梨花

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000梨pear tree花flower

Kanji spelling

万梨華

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000梨pear tree華splendor, flower, petal

Kanji spelling

万理香

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000理logic, arrangement, reason香incense, smell, perfume

Kanji spelling

万瑠花

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000瑠lapis lazuli花flower

Kanji spelling

万綸香

Characters and loaded glosses

万ten thousand, 10,000綸thread, silk cloth香incense, smell, perfume

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 111. 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 Marika 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.

Recorded kana readings2

まりか · マリカ

Kanji-based spellings109

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms4

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms12

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms93

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.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name

まりか in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms110

111 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 100 · unspecified 11

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
まりかMarika	110111 source rows	female 100 · unspecified 11source rows · distinct forms: female 100 · unspecified 11	00 source rows
まりかMarika	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows

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.

JMnedict source text

Source-supplied text attached to Marika records

JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.

Written form	Source reading	JMnedict source text
マリカ	まりか	Mallika
マリカ	まりか	Marick

Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.

111 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Marika

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.

Kanji forms with complete stroke data109

7–44 strokes observed span

Median total strokes26

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms109

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
まりか	Marika	3	111

Recurring first-position kanji

真true, reality27 forms 麻hemp, flax19 forms 茉jasmine18 forms 万ten thousand, 10,00013 forms 満full, fullness5 forms 鞠ball4 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

香incense, smell28 forms 花flower22 forms 加add, addition12 forms 佳excellent, beautiful10 forms 果fruit, reward9 forms 華splendor, flower9 forms

One-character kanji forms

茉jasmine1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

真梨7 analyzed forms 茉莉7 analyzed forms 里香6 analyzed forms 真理6 analyzed forms 麻里6 analyzed forms 理香5 analyzed forms

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?

6 of 80 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.

Written forms checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings6

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading73

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set5

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

海風

5 source-recorded readings

KaifūかいふうMarikaまりか · this pageMikaみか Mikazeみかぜ Mifūみふう

愛里加

3 source-recorded readings

Arikaありか ErikaえりかMarikaまりか · this page

聖華

3 source-recorded readings

Kiyokaきよか SeikaせいかMarikaまりか · this page

茉莉花

3 source-recorded readings

Jasuminじゃすみん MatsurikaまつりかMarikaまりか · this page

舞里香

2 source-recorded readings

MaikaまいかMarikaまりか · this page

茉

2 source-recorded readings

AsukaあすかMarikaまりか · this page

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 Marika 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
香	incense, smell, perfume	28	0	28	0	0	9	こ, こお, ひゃん, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	27	27	0	0	0	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
里	ri, village, parent's home	24	0	0	24	0	7	さ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
花	flower	22	0	22	0	0	7	わ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
梨	pear tree	20	0	0	20	0	11	か	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
茉	jasmine	19	18	0	0	1	8	み	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
麻	hemp, flax, numb	19	19	0	0	0	11	あ, あざ, お	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
理	logic, arrangement, reason	16	0	0	16	0	11	あや, おさむ, さと, さとる +12	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
万	ten thousand, 10,000	13	13	0	0	0	3	かず, ま, ゆる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
莉	jasmine	13	1	0	12	0	10	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
加	add, addition, increase	12	0	12	0	0	5	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
佳	excellent, beautiful, good	10	0	10	0	0	8	けい, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8

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

マリカ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marikaまりか

Characters in order

マKanaリKanaカKana

Exact written form

まりか

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marikaまりか · this page

Characters in order

まKanaりKanaかKana

Exact written form

まり果

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marikaまりか · this page

Characters in order

まKanaりKana果fruit, reward

Exact written form

まり花

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marikaまりか · this page

Characters in order

まKanaりKana花flower

Exact written form

まり香

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marikaまりか · this page

Characters in order

まKanaりKana香incense, smell

Exact written form

万凜香

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marikaまりか · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000凜cold, strict香incense, smell

Exact written form

万梨嘩

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marikaまりか · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000梨pear tree嘩noisy

Exact written form

万梨花

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marikaまりか · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000梨pear tree花flower

Exact written form

万梨華

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marikaまりか · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000梨pear tree華splendor, flower

Exact written form

万理香

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marikaまりか · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000理logic, arrangement香incense, smell

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 111. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Marika 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.

香incense, smell, perfume28 of 111 analyzed forms 真true, reality, Buddhist sect27 of 111 analyzed forms 里ri, village, parent's home24 of 111 analyzed forms 花flower22 of 111 analyzed forms 梨pear tree20 of 111 analyzed forms 茉jasmine19 of 111 analyzed forms 麻hemp, flax, numb19 of 111 analyzed forms 理logic, arrangement, reason16 of 111 analyzed forms 万ten thousand, 10,00013 of 111 analyzed forms 莉jasmine13 of 111 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Marika

111 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading まりか. 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.

マリカ

マリカ · Marika

Katakana マリカMorae 3Strokes —

This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.

Character-set checkKana spelling

Marika

Extended source depth

How to read Marika

What can Marika mean?

マリカ

まりか

まり果

まり花

まり香

万凜香

万梨嘩

万梨花

万梨華

万理香

万瑠花

万綸香

How to read these meanings

How Marika is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Source-supplied text attached to Marika records

Corpus structure behind Marika

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Marika spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

マリカ

まりか

まり果

まり花

まり香

万凜香

万梨嘩

万梨花

万梨華

万理香

Kanji recurring across Marika spellings

Explore written forms of Marika

マリカ

まりか

まり果

まり花

まり香

万凜香

万梨嘩

万梨花

万梨華

万理香

万瑠花

万綸香

万莉花

万里佳

万里加

万里歌

万里花

万里香

愛里加

愛鈴花

摩麗華

未李果

毬果

毬花

毬香

海風

満梨加

満梨果

満梨香

満莉果

満里花

球加

眞理加

眞理香

眞莉嘉

真凜花

真利佳

真利花

真利香

真李香

真梨佳

真梨加

真梨嘩

真梨果