Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Mimaki

みまき

Female-classified given-name records.

みまきミマキMimaki

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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 spellings7

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows7

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Mimaki

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みまき

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formミマキ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMimaki

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

Mora segmentationみ · ま · き

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 Mimaki 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 “Mimaki”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings6

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings1

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

みまき

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

みKana characterまKana characterきKana character

Kanji spelling

三巻

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巻scroll, volume, book

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

実まき

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

実reality, truth, seedまKana characterきKana character

Kanji spelling

実牧

Characters and loaded glosses

実reality, truth, seed牧breed, care for, shepherd

Kanji spelling

実真希

Characters and loaded glosses

実reality, truth, seed真true, reality, Buddhist sect希hope, beg, request

Mixed kanji and kana spelling

美まき

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

美beauty, beautifulまKana characterきKana character

Kanji spelling

美牧

Characters and loaded glosses

美beauty, beautiful牧breed, care for, shepherd

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 Mimaki 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

みまき

Kanji-based spellings6

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 forms2

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms3

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms1

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.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name + surname

みまき in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms7

7 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms5

5 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 7

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
みまきMimaki	77 source rows	female 7source rows · distinct forms: female 7	55 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 Mimaki

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 data6

8–25 strokes observed span

Median total strokes14

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms6

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
みまき	Mimaki	3	7

Recurring first-position kanji

実reality, truth3 forms 美beauty, beautiful2 forms 三three1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

牧breed, care for2 forms 巻scroll, volume1 form 希hope, beg1 form

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

None of the 7 displayed written forms has a second given-name reading in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked7

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings0

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading7

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set1

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 Mimaki 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	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
実	reality, truth, seed	3	3	0	0	8	ぐみ, さね	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
牧	breed, care for, shepherd	2	0	2	0	8	ま, まい, もく	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
美	beauty, beautiful	2	2	0	0	9	はる, よし, よしみ, り	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
三	three	1	1	0	0	3	か, さ, さい, さえ +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
巻	scroll, volume, book	1	0	1	0	9	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	1	0	0	1	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
希	hope, beg, request	1	0	1	0	7	のぞ, のぞみ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4

Katakana ミマキMorae 3Strokes 17

美beauty, beautiful 牧breed, care for, shepherd, feed

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

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Spelling comparator

Compare Mimaki 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
みまき	みまき	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
三巻	みまき	三 — three · 巻 — scroll, volume	12	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
実まき	みまき	実 — reality, truth	8	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
実牧	みまき	実 — reality, truth · 牧 — breed, care for	16	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
実真希	みまき	実 — reality, truth · 真 — true, reality · 希 — hope, beg	25	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
美まき	みまき	美 — beauty, beautiful	9	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
美牧	みまき	美 — beauty, beautiful · 牧 — breed, care for	17	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

What does Mimaki 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.

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Shared-kanji relationships

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4 shared kanji · 132 matching source-recorded spellings

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Exact reading

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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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