Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Midori

ミドリ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

みどりミドリMidori

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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 spellings96

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows97

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Midori

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みどり

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formミドリ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMidori

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

Mora segmentationみ · ど · り

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 Midori 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 “Midori”, 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

ミドリ

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

ミKana characterドKana characterリKana character

Kana-only spelling

みどり

Characters and loaded glosses

みKana characterどKana characterりKana character

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

みど梨

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

みKana characterどKana character梨pear tree

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

みど理

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

みKana characterどKana character理logic, arrangement, reason

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

みど里

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

みKana characterどKana character里ri, village, parent's home

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

み外里

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

みKana character外outside里ri, village, parent's home

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

み登り

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

みKana character登ascend, climb upりKana character

Kanji spelling

三十里

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

三three十ten里ri, village, parent's home

Kanji spelling

三彩

Characters and loaded glosses

三three彩coloring, paint, makeup

Kanji spelling

三桃里

Characters and loaded glosses

三three桃peach里ri, village, parent's home

Kanji spelling

三登利

Characters and loaded glosses

三three登ascend, climb up利profit, advantage, benefit

Kanji spelling

三登里

Characters and loaded glosses

三three登ascend, climb up里ri, village, parent's home

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 97. 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 Midori 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

みどり · ミドリ

Kanji-based spellings95

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 forms12

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms37

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms46

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

みどり in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms99

106 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms12

13 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 104 · unspecified 2

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
みどりMidori	99106 source rows	female 104 · unspecified 2source rows · distinct forms: female 97 · unspecified 2	1213 source rows
みどりMidori	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.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Midori

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 data95

7–32 strokes observed span

Median total strokes21

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms94

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
みどり	Midori	3	97

Recurring first-position kanji

美beauty, beautiful24 forms 実reality, truth18 forms 三three7 forms 緑green5 forms 翠green, kingfisher5 forms 水water4 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

里ri, village33 forms 理logic, arrangement13 forms 鳥bird, chicken7 forms 梨pear tree6 forms 利profit, advantage6 forms 彩coloring, paint3 forms

One-character kanji forms

彩coloring, paint1 form 碧blue, green1 form 緑green1 form 翆color green, kingfisher1 form 翠green, kingfisher1 form 葉leaf, plane1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

登里5 analyzed forms 美登5 analyzed forms 都里4 analyzed forms 登利3 analyzed forms 実土3 analyzed forms 土理3 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?

19 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 readings19

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading60

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set20

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

彩

20 source-recorded readings

Akariあかり Ayaあや Ayakaあやか Ayaneあやね Ayanoあやの Ayamiあやみ

碧子

9 source-recorded readings

Aoikoあおいこ Aokoあおこ Akoあこ Ayukoあゆこ TamakoたまこPekikoぺきこ

美彩

8 source-recorded readings

Fūaふうあ Miaみあ MiayaみあやMīroみいろMisaみさ Misaeみさえ

碧

6 source-recorded readings

Aiあい Aoあお Aoiあおい Kiyoshiきよし SangoさんごMidoriみどり · this page

緑子

6 source-recorded readings

Sakaeさかえ NorikoのりこMidoriみどり · this pageMidorikoみどりこ Rikoりこ Ryōkoりょうこ

三彩

5 source-recorded readings

Sāyaさあや Miaみあ Miayaみあや MisaみさMidoriみどり · this page

深海

5 source-recorded readings

Miuみう Miunaみうな MikaみかMidoriみどり · this pageMimiみみ

水彩

4 source-recorded readings

SuisaiすいさいMisaみさ MisaiみさいMidoriみどり · 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 Midori 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
里	ri, village, parent's home	33	0	33	0	0	7	さ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
美	beauty, beautiful	24	24	0	0	0	9	はる, よし, よしみ, り	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
実	reality, truth, seed	18	18	0	0	0	8	ぐみ, さね	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
理	logic, arrangement, reason	13	0	13	0	0	11	あや, おさむ, さと, さとる +12	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
登	ascend, climb up	13	0	0	13	0	12	たか, のぼし, のぼり, のり	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
都	capital, metropolis	8	0	0	8	0	11	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
緑	green	8	5	1	1	1	14	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
三	three	7	7	0	0	0	3	か, さ, さい, さえ +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
鳥	bird, chicken	7	0	7	0	0	11	か, と, とっ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
土	soil, earth, ground	7	0	0	7	0	3	つく, は, ひじ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
翠	green, kingfisher	7	5	1	0	1	14	あきら	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
梨	pear tree	6	0	6	0	0	11	か	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4

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

ミドリ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Midoriみどり

Characters in order

ミKanaドKanaリKana

Exact written form

みどり

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Midoriみどり · this page

Characters in order

みKanaどKanaりKana

Exact written form

みど梨

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Midoriみどり · this page

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みKanaどKana梨pear tree

Exact written form

みど理

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Midoriみどり · this page

Characters in order

みKanaどKana理logic, arrangement

Exact written form

みど里

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Midoriみどり · this page

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みKanaどKana里ri, village

Exact written form

み外里

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Midoriみどり · this page

Characters in order

みKana外outside里ri, village

Exact written form

み登り

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Midoriみどり · this page

Characters in order

みKana登ascend, climb upりKana

Exact written form

三十里

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Midoriみどり · this page

Characters in order

三three十ten里ri, village

Exact written form

三彩

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Sāyaさあや Miaみあ Miayaみあや MisaみさMidoriみどり · this page

Characters in order

三three彩coloring, paint

Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence

三彩恵Given name · Misae · みさえ

The exact sequence 三彩 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

Exact written form

三桃里

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Midoriみどり · this pageMimoriみもり

Characters in order

三three桃peach里ri, village

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 97. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Midori 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.

里ri, village, parent's home33 of 97 analyzed forms 美beauty, beautiful24 of 97 analyzed forms 実reality, truth, seed18 of 97 analyzed forms 理logic, arrangement, reason13 of 97 analyzed forms 登ascend, climb up13 of 97 analyzed forms 都capital, metropolis8 of 97 analyzed forms 緑green8 of 97 analyzed forms 三three7 of 97 analyzed forms 鳥bird, chicken7 of 97 analyzed forms 土soil, earth, ground7 of 97 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Midori

97 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading みどり. 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.

ミドリ

ミドリ · Midori

Katakana ミドリMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling

Midori

Extended source depth

How to read Midori

What can Midori mean?

ミドリ

みどり

みど梨

みど理

みど里

み外里

み登り

三十里

三彩

三桃里

三登利

三登里

How to read these meanings

How Midori is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Midori

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Midori spellings

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

ミドリ

みどり

みど梨

みど理

みど里

み外里

み登り

三十里

三彩

三桃里

Kanji recurring across Midori spellings

Explore written forms of Midori

ミドリ

みどり

みど梨

みど理

みど里

み外里

み登り

三十里

三彩

三桃里

三登利

三登里

三都里

三門里

光巴里

光都里

光鳥

妙登利

実どり

実ど里

実努利

実努理

実土梨

実土理

実土里

実斗里

実東里

実桐里

実渡里

実登梨

実登里

実都利

実都理

実都里

実酉

実鳥

宮土理

宮都理

常緑

弥鳥

彩

未土里

未登里

未酉

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