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Japanese given name

Masae

まさえ

Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.

まさえマサエMasae
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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 spellings160

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows164

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Masae

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まさえ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマサエ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMasae

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

Mora segmentationま · さ · え

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 Masae 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 “Masae”, 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

まさえ

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さKana characterえKana character
Kana-only spelling

マサエ

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サKana characterエKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

まさ枝

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さKana character枝bough, branch, twig
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

まさ江

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さKana character江creek, inlet, bay
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

マサ江

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
マKana characterサKana character江creek, inlet, bay
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

まさ衛

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さKana character衛defense, protection
Kanji spelling

万佐枝

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
万ten thousand, 10,000佐assistant, help枝bough, branch, twig
Kanji spelling

万佐江

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佐assistant, help江creek, inlet, bay
Kanji spelling

万咲慧

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
万ten thousand, 10,000咲blossom, bloom慧wise

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 162. 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 Masae 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 readings3

まさえ · マサエ · マサえ

Kanji-based spellings160

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 forms106

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms50

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 + surname

まさえ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms160

164 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms2

2 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsmale 2 · female 154 · unspecified 8

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
まさえMasae160164 source rowsmale 2 · female 154 · unspecified 8source rows · distinct forms: male 2 · female 152 · unspecified 822 source rows
まさえMasae00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —00 source rows
まさえMasae00 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.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Masae

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 data160

6–38 strokes observed span

Median total strokes21

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms160

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
まさえMasae3162
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
佐恵6 analyzed forms万佐4 analyzed forms咲慧4 analyzed forms才恵4 analyzed forms紗絵4 analyzed forms真佐4 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?

32 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 readings32

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading46

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set5

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

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 Masae 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.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
恵favor, blessing, grace420420010あや, け, さと, さとし +4Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
江creek, inlet, bay25025006くん, とうみ, み, りえJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
枝bough, branch, twig23023008え, ぐさJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
絵picture, drawing, painting210210012—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
真true, reality, Buddhist sect212100010さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
佐assistant, help15001507すけJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
万ten thousand, 10,00014140003かず, ま, ゆるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
昌prosperous, bright, clear12120008まさ, まさし, よし, あき +4Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
正correct, justice, righteous11110005おお, くに, ま, まさし +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
雅gracious, elegant, graceful111100013う, お, か, ただし +4Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
麻hemp, flax, numb111100011あ, あざ, おJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
沙sand10001007—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

まさえ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Masaeまさえ · this page
Characters in order
まKanaさKanaえKana
Exact written form

マサエ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Masaeまさえ
Characters in order
マKanaサKanaエKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 162. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Masae 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.

恵favor, blessing, grace42 of 162 analyzed forms江creek, inlet, bay25 of 162 analyzed forms枝bough, branch, twig23 of 162 analyzed forms絵picture, drawing, painting21 of 162 analyzed forms真true, reality, Buddhist sect21 of 162 analyzed forms佐assistant, help15 of 162 analyzed forms万ten thousand, 10,00014 of 162 analyzed forms昌prosperous, bright, clear12 of 162 analyzed forms正correct, justice, righteous11 of 162 analyzed forms雅gracious, elegant, graceful11 of 162 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Masae

162 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading まさえ. 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.

まさえ

まさえ · Masae

Katakana マサエMorae 3Strokes —

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

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マサエ

マサエ · Masae

Katakana マサエMorae 3Strokes —

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

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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 162 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 160 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Masae 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.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
まさえまさえKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
マサエマサエKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
まさ枝まさえ枝 — bough, branch8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
まさ江まさえ江 — creek, inlet6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
マサ江マサえ江 — creek, inlet6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
まさ衛まさえ衛 — defense, protection16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万佐恵まさえ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 佐 — assistant, help · 恵 — favor, blessing20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万佐枝まさえ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 佐 — assistant, help · 枝 — bough, branch18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万佐江まさえ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 佐 — assistant, help · 江 — creek, inlet16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万佐絵まさえ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 佐 — assistant, help · 絵 — picture, drawing22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万咲慧まさえ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 咲 — blossom, bloom · 慧 — wise27All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万才恵まさえ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 才 — genius, years old · 恵 — favor, blessing16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万沙恵まさえ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 沙 — sand · 恵 — favor, blessing20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万沙江まさえ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 沙 — sand · 江 — creek, inlet16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万沙絵まさえ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 沙 — sand · 絵 — picture, drawing22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万砂恵まさえ万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 砂 — sand · 恵 — favor, blessing22All 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 Masae 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 まさ

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.

Given name · mixed records · limited reference

Masami

226 recorded spellings

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Masao

171 recorded spellings

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Masayoshi

170 recorded spellings

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Masaki

163 recorded spellings

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Masahiro

151 recorded spellings

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Masanori

145 recorded spellings

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Masako

115 recorded spellings

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Masāki

105 recorded spellings

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Masashi

100 recorded spellings

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Masatoshi

83 recorded spellings

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Masayuki

77 recorded spellings

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Masayo

73 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Masae

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

Masako

万佐恵昌正江真雅

8 shared kanji · 42 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masami

万佐恵昌正真雅

7 shared kanji · 95 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masayo

万佐恵昌正真雅

7 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings

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Mae

万恵枝正江真絵

7 shared kanji · 23 matching source-recorded spellings

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Marie

万恵枝江真絵

6 shared kanji · 132 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masaki

万佐昌正真雅

6 shared kanji · 90 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masayoshi

佐恵昌正真雅

6 shared kanji · 89 matching source-recorded spellings

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Sanae

佐恵枝江真絵

6 shared kanji · 68 matching source-recorded spellings

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Makiko

万昌枝正真雅

6 shared kanji · 65 matching source-recorded spellings

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Makie

万恵枝江真絵

6 shared kanji · 65 matching source-recorded spellings

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Masao

万佐昌正真雅

6 shared kanji · 62 matching source-recorded spellings

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Emi

恵枝江真絵雅

6 shared kanji · 54 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Masae

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Exact reading

Search まさえ

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Ma / ま

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恵 — favor, blessing

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江 — creek, inlet

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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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