group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings27 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 Mimiko
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: Mimiko. 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 Mimiko 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 “Mimiko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
みみこ
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みKana characterこKana character
Kana-only spelling
ミミコ
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ミKana characterコKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
ミミ子
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
Kanji spelling
三三子
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
三実子
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
三美子
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
光々子
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
実三子
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
実味子
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
実実子
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
実巳子
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
実水子
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 Mimiko 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.
みみこ · ミミコ · ミミこ
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spellings
recorded spelling
recorded spellings
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.
みみこ in the imported JMnedict corpus
28 source spelling/reading rows
0 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| みみこMimiko | 2728 source rows | female 28source rows · distinct forms: female 27 | 00 source rows |
| みみこMimiko | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 source rows |
| みみこMimiko | 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 Mimiko
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.
3–22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| みみこ | Mimiko | 3 | 28 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
三子3 analyzed forms美子3 analyzed forms巳子3 analyzed forms実子2 analyzed forms々子2 analyzed forms水子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?
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
美命
美弥子
聖心
三三子
2 source-recorded readings
MisakoみさこMimikoみみこ · this page
実三子
2 source-recorded readings
MisakoみさこMimikoみみこ · this page
美三子
2 source-recorded readings
MisakoみさこMimikoみみこ · this page
美巳子
2 source-recorded readings
Mimikoみみこ · this pageYoshikoよしこ
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 Mimiko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 | child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 3 | い, き, ぎ, く +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 美 | beauty, beautiful | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | はる, よし, よしみ, り | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 実 | reality, truth, seed | 8 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | ぐみ, さね | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 三 | three | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | か, さ, さい, さえ +11 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 未 | un-, not yet, hitherto | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 巳 | sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 々 | — | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | No loaded KANJIDIC2 classification |
| 水 | water | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | うず, ずみ, つ, ど +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 眉 | eyebrow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 見 | see, hopes, chances | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 海 | — | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 光 | ray, light | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | あき, あきら, こお, てる +3 | 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
みみこ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mimikoみみこ · this page
Characters in order
みKanaみKanaこKana
Exact written form
ミミコ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mimikoみみこ
Characters in order
ミKanaミKanaコKana
Exact written form
ミミ子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mimikoみみこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
三三子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
MisakoみさこMimikoみみこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
三実子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mimikoみみこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
三美子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mimikoみみこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
光々子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mimikoみみこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
実三子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
MisakoみさこMimikoみみこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
実味子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mimikoみみこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
実実子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Mimikoみみこ · 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 Mimiko 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.
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM24 of 28 analyzed forms美beauty, beautiful11 of 28 analyzed forms実reality, truth, seed8 of 28 analyzed forms三three5 of 28 analyzed forms未un-, not yet, hitherto4 of 28 analyzed forms巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac3 of 28 analyzed forms々Kanji record2 of 28 analyzed forms水water2 of 28 analyzed forms眉eyebrow2 of 28 analyzed forms見see, hopes, chances2 of 28 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Mimiko
28 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading みみこ. 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.
みみこ
みみこ · Mimiko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
ミミコ
ミミコ · Mimiko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
ミミ子
ミミこ · Mimiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
三三子
みみこ · Mimiko
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.
三実子
みみこ · Mimiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
三美子
みみこ · Mimiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
光々子
みみこ · Mimiko
光ray, light々No KANJIDIC2 record loaded子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
実三子
みみこ · Mimiko
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.
実味子
みみこ · Mimiko
実reality, truth, seed, fruit味flavor, taste子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
実実子
みみこ · Mimiko
実reality, truth, seed, fruit実reality, truth, seed, fruit子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
実巳子
みみこ · Mimiko
実reality, truth, seed, fruit巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
実水子
みみこ · Mimiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
実眉子
みみこ · Mimiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
実見子
みみこ · Mimiko
実reality, truth, seed, fruit見see, hopes, chances, idea子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
未巳子
みみこ · Mimiko
未un-, not yet, hitherto, still巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
未美子
みみこ · Mimiko
未un-, not yet, hitherto, still美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
海未子
みみこ · Mimiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美々子
みみこ · Mimiko
美beauty, beautiful々No KANJIDIC2 record loaded子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkContains at least one kanji outside the loaded jōyō/jinmeiyō classification
美三子
みみこ · Mimiko
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.
美命
みみこ · Mimiko
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.
美巳子
みみこ · Mimiko
美beauty, beautiful巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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.
美弥子
みみこ · Mimiko
美beauty, beautiful弥all the more, increasingly子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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.
美水子
みみこ · Mimiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美海子
みみこ · Mimiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美眉子
みみこ · Mimiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
美美子
みみこ · Mimiko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
聖心
みみこ · Mimiko
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.
見未子
みみこ · Mimiko
見see, hopes, chances, idea未un-, not yet, hitherto, still子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Mimiko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| みみこ | みみこ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| ミミコ | ミミコ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| ミミ子 | ミミこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 三三子 | みみこ | 三 — three · 三 — three · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 三実子 | みみこ | 三 — three · 実 — reality, truth · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 三美子 | みみこ | 三 — three · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 光々子 | みみこ | 光 — ray, light · 子 — child, sign of the rat | — | Includes unclassified/outside loaded jōyō-jinmeiyō class |
| 実三子 | みみこ | 実 — reality, truth · 三 — three · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 実味子 | みみこ | 実 — reality, truth · 味 — flavor, taste · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 実実子 | みみこ | 実 — reality, truth · 実 — reality, truth · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 実巳子 | みみこ | 実 — reality, truth · 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 実水子 | みみこ | 実 — reality, truth · 水 — water · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 実眉子 | みみこ | 実 — reality, truth · 眉 — eyebrow · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 実見子 | みみこ | 実 — reality, truth · 見 — see, hopes · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 未巳子 | みみこ | 未 — un-, not yet · 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 未美子 | みみこ | 未 — un-, not yet · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 17 | 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 Mimiko 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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Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Mimiko
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
Mikiko
三子実巳未水眉美見
9 shared kanji · 123 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMinami
々三子実巳未水美見
9 shared kanji · 109 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMamiko
三子実巳未水眉美見
9 shared kanji · 87 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipEmi
三子実巳未水眉美見
9 shared kanji · 86 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAmi
々子実巳未水眉美見
9 shared kanji · 71 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAmiko
三子実巳未水眉美見
9 shared kanji · 41 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYoshimi
三子実巳未水美見
8 shared kanji · 182 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMiyuki
々三実巳未水美見
8 shared kanji · 175 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKimiko
三子実巳未水美見
8 shared kanji · 162 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHiromi
三子実巳未水美見
8 shared kanji · 160 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMasami
三子実巳未水美見
8 shared kanji · 154 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipEmiko
三子実巳未水美見
8 shared kanji · 153 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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