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Japanese given name

Mayuki

まゆき

Given-name classification varies across source records.

まゆきマユキMayuki
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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 spellings64

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows64

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Mayuki

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まゆき

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマユキ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMayuki

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

Mora segmentationま · ゆ · き

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

Audio note: the play button uses Japanese text-to-speech provided by the visitor’s browser/device. It is a convenience preview, not a recorded native-speaker pronunciation or pitch-accent authority.

Meaning by written form

What can Mayuki 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 “Mayuki”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings11

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings1

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

まゆき

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ゆKana characterきKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

まゆ紀

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ゆKana character紀chronicle, account, narrative
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

万ゆき

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
万ten thousand, 10,000ゆKana characterきKana character
Kanji spelling

万幸

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.

Kanji spelling

万礼

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.

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 64. 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 Mayuki 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 readings1

まゆき

Kanji-based spellings63

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-only1

recorded spelling

1-kanji forms5

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms26

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms32

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

まゆき in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms64

64 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 60 · unspecified 4

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
まゆきMayuki6464 source rowsfemale 60 · unspecified 4source rows · distinct forms: female 60 · unspecified 400 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 Mayuki

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 data63

3–40 strokes observed span

Median total strokes22

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms63

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
由紀5 analyzed forms真由5 analyzed forms麻由5 analyzed forms優稀4 analyzed forms由樹4 analyzed forms由衣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?

18 of 64 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 checked64

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings18

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading46

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set8

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

真如
3 source-recorded readings
ShinnyoしんにょMakoまこMayukiまゆき · 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 Mayuki 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
由wherefore, a reason17001705—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
真true, reality, Buddhist sect161600010さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
麻hemp, flax, numb141400011あ, あざ, おJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
万ten thousand, 10,00012120003かず, ま, ゆるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
紀chronicle, account, narrative808009おさむ, ただす, とし, とも +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
茉jasmine880008みJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
幸happiness, blessing, fortune705208こ, さき, さし, さっ +6Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
希hope, beg, request606007のぞ, のぞみJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
舞dance, flit, circle6600015—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
優tenderness, excel, surpass5005017ゆ, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
樹timber, trees, wood5050016いつき, うえ, こ, しげ +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
雪snow5041011せっ, ぶきJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2

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

まゆき

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mayukiまゆき · this page
Characters in order
まKanaゆKanaきKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 64. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Mayuki 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.

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Mayuki

64 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading まゆき. 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.

まゆき

まゆき · Mayuki

Katakana マユキMorae 3Strokes —

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

茉ゆき

まゆき · Mayuki

Katakana マユキMorae 3Strokes 8
Spelling comparator

Compare Mayuki 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
まゆきまゆきKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
まゆ紀まゆき紀 — chronicle, account9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万ゆきまゆき万 — ten thousand, 10,0003All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万優稀まゆき万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 優 — tenderness, excel · 稀 — rare, phenomenal32All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万夢樹まゆき万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 夢 — dream, vision · 樹 — timber, trees32All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万幸まゆき万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 幸 — happiness, blessing11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万幸生まゆき万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 幸 — happiness, blessing · 生 — life, genuine16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万幸輝まゆき万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 幸 — happiness, blessing · 輝 — radiance, shine26All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万由樹まゆき万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 由 — wherefore, a reason · 樹 — timber, trees24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万由紀まゆき万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 由 — wherefore, a reason · 紀 — chronicle, account17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万由衣まゆき万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 由 — wherefore, a reason · 衣 — garment, clothes14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万礼まゆき万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 礼 — salute, bow8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万行まゆき万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 行 — going, journey9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万雪まゆき万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 雪 — snow14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
愛倖まゆき愛 — love, affection · 倖 — happiness, luck23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
摩有起まゆき摩 — chafe, rub · 有 — possess, have · 起 — rouse, wake up31All 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 Mayuki 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 まゆ

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.

Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Mayuki

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.

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Where to go next from Mayuki

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

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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