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Japanese given name

Megumi

メグミ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

めぐみメグミMegumi
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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 spellings118

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows119

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Megumi

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めぐみ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formメグミ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMegumi

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

Mora segmentationめ · ぐ · み

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 Megumi 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 “Megumi”, 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

メグミ

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
メKana characterグKana characterミKana character
Kana-only spelling

めぐみ

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
めKana characterぐKana characterみKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

めぐ実

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
めKana characterぐKana character実reality, truth, seed
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

めぐ深

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
めKana characterぐKana character深deep, heighten, intensify
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

めぐ美

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
めKana characterぐKana character美beauty, beautiful
Kanji spelling

人仁

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

仁

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

仁愛

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

仁生

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

仁美

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

南久美

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 119. 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 Megumi 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

めぐみ · メグミ

Kanji-based spellings117

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 forms24

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms65

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms28

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

めぐみ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms119

120 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms5

6 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 119 · unspecified 1

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
めぐみMegumi119120 source rowsfemale 119 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 118 · unspecified 156 source rows
めぐみMegumi00 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 Megumi

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 data117

4–39 strokes observed span

Median total strokes18

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms115

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms2

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
久美9 analyzed forms芽久4 analyzed forms久実3 analyzed forms紅美3 analyzed forms恵久2 analyzed forms愛久2 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?

55 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 readings55

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading24

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set52

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 Megumi 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
美beauty, beautiful28028009はる, よし, よしみ, りJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
恵favor, blessing, grace252130110あや, け, さと, さとし +4Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
愛love, affection, favourite242120113あ, あし, え, かな +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
芽bud, sprout, spear22201018じ, めぐJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
久long time, old story14001403きゅ, わ, なが, ひさ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
実reality, truth, seed13013008ぐみ, さねJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
萌show symptoms of, sprout, bud8700111もえ, きざしJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
仁humanity, virtue, benevolence531014きみ, く, さと, しのぶ +10Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
生life, genuine, birth505005あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
女woman, female431003おな, た, つき, なJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
未un-, not yet, hitherto404005—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
深deep, heighten, intensify3030011—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3

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

メグミ

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Megumiめぐみ
Characters in order
メKanaグKanaミKana
Exact written form

めぐみ

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Megumiめぐみ · this page
Characters in order
めKanaぐKanaみKana
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
AmiあみMegumiめぐみ · this page
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence

The exact sequence 亜巳 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
IneいねNiaにあNīnaにいなNinaになNin'aiにんあいHitoeひとえMegumiめぐみ · this page
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence

The exact sequence 仁愛 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 119. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Megumi 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 Megumi

119 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading めぐみ. 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.

メグミ

メグミ · Megumi

Katakana メグミMorae 3Strokes —

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

めぐみ

めぐみ · Megumi

Katakana メグミMorae 3Strokes —

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

Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 119 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 118 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Megumi 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
メグミメグミKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
めぐみめぐみKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
めぐ実めぐみ実 — reality, truth8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
めぐ深めぐみ深 — deep, heighten11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
めぐ美めぐみ美 — beauty, beautiful9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜巳めぐみ亜 — Asia, rank next · 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
人仁めぐみ人 — person · 仁 — humanity, virtue6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仁めぐみ仁 — humanity, virtue4All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仁愛めぐみ仁 — humanity, virtue · 愛 — love, affection17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仁生めぐみ仁 — humanity, virtue · 生 — life, genuine9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仁美めぐみ仁 — humanity, virtue · 美 — beauty, beautiful13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
南久美めぐみ南 — south · 久 — long time, old story · 美 — beauty, beautiful21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
周己めぐみ周 — circumference, circuit · 己 — self11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
周美めぐみ周 — circumference, circuit · 美 — beauty, beautiful17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
女久美めぐみ女 — woman, female · 久 — long time, old story · 美 — beauty, beautiful15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
女倶視めぐみ女 — woman, female · 倶 — both, together · 視25Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class

The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.

What does Megumi 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 めぐ

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 Megumi

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 Megumi

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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