group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings28 Source spelling/reading rows28 Coverage levelExtended
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.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
Pronunciation & romanization
How to read Mikan
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Mikan. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
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 Mikan 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 “Mikan”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
みかん
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
みKana characterかKana characterんKana character
Kanji spelling
実幹
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
実柑
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
実栞
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
実歓
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
実甘
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
実神
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
実貫
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
未寒
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
未栞
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
未莞
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
美侃
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
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 28. 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 Mikan 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.
みかん
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
recorded spellings
recorded spelling
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.
みかん in the imported JMnedict corpus
28 source spelling/reading rows
2 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| みかんMikan | 2828 source rows | female 28source rows · distinct forms: female 28 | 22 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 Mikan
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.
13–27 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| みかん | Mikan | 3 | 28 |
Reading ambiguity
Can the same writing be read another way?
7 of 28 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.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
美花
実栞
美栞
美神
3 source-recorded readings
美輪
美環
2 source-recorded readings
Mikanみかん · this pageMiwaみわ
美甘
2 source-recorded readings
MikamoみかもMikanみかん · 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 Mikan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 美 | beauty, beautiful | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | はる, よし, よしみ, り | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 実 | reality, truth, seed | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ぐみ, さね | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 柑 | citrus, orange | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 栞 | bookmark, guidebook | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 未 | un-, not yet, hitherto | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 幹 | tree trunk, main part, talent | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | つよし, まさ, もと, えだ +9 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 歓 | delight, joy | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | ぶ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 甘 | sweet, coax, pamper | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | かも | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 神 | spirit | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 貫 | pierce, 8 1/3lbs, penetrate | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | つら, ぬく | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 寒 | cold | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | さ, さん | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 莞 | smiling, reed used to cover tatami | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
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
みかん
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mikanみかん · this page
Characters in order
みKanaかKanaんKana
Exact written form
実幹
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mikanみかん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
実柑
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mikanみかん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
実栞
Characters in order
Exact written form
実歓
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mikanみかん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
実甘
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mikanみかん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
実神
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mikanみかん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
実貫
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mikanみかん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
未寒
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mikanみかん · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
未栞
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mikanみかん · this page
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 28. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Mikan 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.
美beauty, beautiful15 of 28 analyzed forms実reality, truth, seed7 of 28 analyzed forms柑citrus, orange3 of 28 analyzed forms栞bookmark, guidebook3 of 28 analyzed forms未un-, not yet, hitherto3 of 28 analyzed forms幹tree trunk, main part, talent2 of 28 analyzed forms歓delight, joy2 of 28 analyzed forms甘sweet, coax, pamper2 of 28 analyzed forms神spirit2 of 28 analyzed forms貫pierce, 8 1/3lbs, penetrate2 of 28 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Mikan
28 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading みかん. 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.
みかん
みかん · Mikan
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
実幹
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
実柑
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
実栞
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
実歓
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
実甘
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
実神
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
実貫
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
未寒
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
未栞
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
未莞
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美侃
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美冠
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美寛
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美幹
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美柑
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美栞
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
美歓
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美環
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
美甘
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美神
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
美花
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
美華杏
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美観
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美貫
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美輪
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded readings
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
蜜柑
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
魅姦
みかん · Mikan
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
Spelling comparator
Compare Mikan 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.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| みかん | みかん | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 実幹 | みかん | 実 — reality, truth · 幹 — tree trunk, main part | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 実柑 | みかん | 実 — reality, truth · 柑 — citrus, orange | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 実栞 | みかん | 実 — reality, truth · 栞 — bookmark, guidebook | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 実歓 | みかん | 実 — reality, truth · 歓 — delight, joy | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 実甘 | みかん | 実 — reality, truth · 甘 — sweet, coax | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 実神 | みかん | 実 — reality, truth · 神 — spirit | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 実貫 | みかん | 実 — reality, truth · 貫 — pierce, 8 1/3lbs | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 未寒 | みかん | 未 — un-, not yet · 寒 — cold | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 未栞 | みかん | 未 — un-, not yet · 栞 — bookmark, guidebook | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 未莞 | みかん | 未 — un-, not yet · 莞 — smiling, reed used to cover tatami | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 美侃 | みかん | 美 — beauty, beautiful · 侃 — strong, just | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 美冠 | みかん | 美 — beauty, beautiful · 冠 — crown, best | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 美寛 | みかん | 美 — beauty, beautiful · 寛 — tolerant, leniency | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 美幹 | みかん | 美 — beauty, beautiful · 幹 — tree trunk, main part | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 美柑 | みかん | 美 — beauty, beautiful · 柑 — citrus, orange | 18 | All 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 Mikan 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 みか
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 · female · limited reference
Mika
244 recorded spellings
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117 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMikana
29 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMikari
26 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMikae
22 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMikayo
20 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMikaru
18 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMikage
15 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMikasa
14 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMikaze
11 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMikano
8 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceMikaho
7 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Mikan
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
Kanna
実幹柑栞歓甘神貫
8 shared kanji · 46 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMika
実幹未栞神美
6 shared kanji · 85 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMiki
実幹未神美
5 shared kanji · 94 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMikina
実幹未神美
5 shared kanji · 19 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKan
幹柑歓神貫
5 shared kanji · 5 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMiyuki
実未神美
4 shared kanji · 152 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshimi
実未歓美
4 shared kanji · 133 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHiromi
実幹未美
4 shared kanji · 120 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipIkumi
実幹未美
4 shared kanji · 109 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKanami
実未栞美
4 shared kanji · 94 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMinori
実未神美
4 shared kanji · 89 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKimie
実幹未美
4 shared kanji · 77 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →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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