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Japanese given name

Rie

リエ

Female-classified given-name records.

りえリエRie
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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 spellings127

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows128

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Rie

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りえ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formリエ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationRie

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

Mora segmentationり · え

2 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Meaning by written form

What can Rie 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 “Rie”, 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

リエ

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
リKana characterエKana character
Kana-only spelling

りえ

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
りKana characterえKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

り恵

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
りKana character恵favor, blessing, grace
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

り江

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
りKana character江creek, inlet, bay
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

り絵

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
りKana character絵picture, drawing, painting
Kanji spelling

俐悦

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
俐clever悦ecstasy, joy, rapture
Kanji spelling

凛衣

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
凛cold, strict, severe衣garment, clothes, dressing
Kanji spelling

凜笑

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
凜cold, strict, severe笑laugh
Mixed kanji and kana spelling

利エ

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
利profit, advantage, benefitエKana character
Kanji spelling

利恵

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
利profit, advantage, benefit恵favor, blessing, grace
Kanji spelling

利惠

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
利profit, advantage, benefit惠blessing, grace, favor

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 128. 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 Rie 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 readings3

りえ · リエ · りエ

Kanji-based spellings126

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters2

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae2

small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora

Kana-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms4

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms121

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

りえ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms127

128 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 128

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
りえRie127128 source rowsfemale 128source rows · distinct forms: female 12700 source rows
りえRie00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —00 source rows
りえRie00 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 Rie

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 data126

6–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes19

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms125

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
りえRie2128
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
理絵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?

32 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 readings32

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading47

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set7

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 Rie 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
理logic, arrangement, reason222200011あや, おさむ, さと, さとる +12Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
里ri, village, parent's home18180007さJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
李plum17170007もも, いJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
莉jasmine151500010—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
梨pear tree131300011かJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
恵favor, blessing, grace120120010あや, け, さと, さとし +4Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
利profit, advantage, benefit12120007かが, と, とし, のり +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
絵picture, drawing, painting110101012—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
江creek, inlet, bay10010006くん, とうみ, み, りえJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
衣garment, clothes, dressing909006—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
映reflect, reflection, projection707009あきら, え, てるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
英England, English, hero707008あ, あい, え, すぐる +5Jōyō · 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

リエ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Rieりえ
Characters in order
リKanaエKana
Exact written form

りえ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Rieりえ · this page
Characters in order
りKanaえKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 128. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Rie 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.

理logic, arrangement, reason22 of 128 analyzed forms里ri, village, parent's home18 of 128 analyzed forms李plum17 of 128 analyzed forms莉jasmine15 of 128 analyzed forms梨pear tree13 of 128 analyzed forms恵favor, blessing, grace12 of 128 analyzed forms利profit, advantage, benefit12 of 128 analyzed forms絵picture, drawing, painting11 of 128 analyzed forms江creek, inlet, bay10 of 128 analyzed forms衣garment, clothes, dressing9 of 128 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Rie

128 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading りえ. 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.

リエ

リエ · Rie

Katakana リエMorae 2Strokes —

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

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りえ

りえ · Rie

Katakana リエMorae 2Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling
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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 128 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 127 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Rie 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
リエリエKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
りえりえKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
り恵りえ恵 — favor, blessing10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
り江りえ江 — creek, inlet6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
り絵りえ絵 — picture, drawing12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
俐悦りえ俐 — clever · 悦 — ecstasy, joy19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
凛衣りえ凛 — cold, strict · 衣 — garment, clothes21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
凜笑りえ凜 — cold, strict · 笑 — laugh25All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
利エりエ利 — profit, advantage7All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
利依りえ利 — profit, advantage · 依 — reliant, depend on15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
利恵りえ利 — profit, advantage · 恵 — favor, blessing17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
利惠りえ利 — profit, advantage · 惠 — blessing, grace19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
利映りえ利 — profit, advantage · 映 — reflect, reflection16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
利枝りえ利 — profit, advantage · 枝 — bough, branch15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
利栄りえ利 — profit, advantage · 栄 — flourish, prosperity16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
利江りえ利 — profit, advantage · 江 — creek, inlet13All 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 Rie 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 りえ

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

Rieko

90 recorded spellings

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Rieru

15 recorded spellings

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Rieka

10 recorded spellings

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Riena

8 recorded spellings

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Riei

7 recorded spellings

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Riemi

7 recorded spellings

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Rien

4 recorded spellings

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Riemon

3 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Rie

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

Erika

利恵李梨江理絵莉衣里

10 shared kanji · 306 matching source-recorded spellings

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Erina

利恵李梨江理絵莉衣里

10 shared kanji · 178 matching source-recorded spellings

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Marie

利恵李梨江理絵莉衣里

10 shared kanji · 148 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yurie

利恵李梨江理絵莉衣里

10 shared kanji · 115 matching source-recorded spellings

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Eriko

利恵李梨江理絵莉衣里

10 shared kanji · 105 matching source-recorded spellings

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Eri

利恵李梨江理絵莉衣里

10 shared kanji · 105 matching source-recorded spellings

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Emiri

利恵李梨江理絵莉衣里

10 shared kanji · 94 matching source-recorded spellings

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Rieko

利恵李梨江理絵莉衣里

10 shared kanji · 78 matching source-recorded spellings

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Erisa

利恵李梨江理絵莉衣里

10 shared kanji · 35 matching source-recorded spellings

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Erī

利恵李梨江理絵莉衣里

10 shared kanji · 35 matching source-recorded spellings

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Aeri

利恵李梨江理絵莉里

9 shared kanji · 153 matching source-recorded spellings

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Chieri

利恵梨江理絵莉衣里

9 shared kanji · 45 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Rie

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Exact reading

Search りえ

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Ri / り

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理 — logic, arrangement

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里 — ri, village

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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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