group-level written forms
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
How to read Rieko
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: Rieko. 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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What can Rieko 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 “Rieko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
りえこ
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.
リエ子
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.
りえ子
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.
リヱ子
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.
五重子
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.
倫英子
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.
利依子
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.
利恵子
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.
利悦子
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.
利惠子
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.
利映子
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.
利枝子
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.
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 91. 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.
How Rieko 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.
りえこ · リエこ
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spelling
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
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.
りえこ in the imported JMnedict corpus
91 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| りえこRieko | 9091 source rows | female 91source rows · distinct forms: female 90 | 00 source rows |
| りえこRieko | 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.
Source-supplied text attached to Rieko records
JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.
| Written form | Source reading | JMnedict source text |
|---|---|---|
| リヱ子 | りえこ | Riweko |
Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.
91 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.
Corpus structure behind Rieko
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.
3–29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| りえこ | Rieko | 3 | 91 |
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.
Can the same writing be read another way?
6 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.
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
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.
How recurring characters function across Rieko 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 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 0 | 0 | 3 | い, き, ぎ, く +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 理 | logic, arrangement, reason | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | あや, おさむ, さと, さとる +12 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 里 | ri, village, parent's home | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | さ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 利 | profit, advantage, benefit | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | かが, と, とし, のり +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 李 | plum | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | もも, い | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 英 | England, English, hero | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | あ, あい, え, すぐる +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 江 | creek, inlet, bay | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | くん, とうみ, み, りえ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 梨 | pear tree | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | か | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 恵 | favor, blessing, grace | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | あや, け, さと, さとし +4 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 絵 | picture, drawing, painting | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 莉 | jasmine | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 枝 | bough, branch, twig | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | え, ぐさ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.
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.
りえこ
リエ子
りえ子
リヱ子
五重子
倫英子
利依子
利恵子
利悦子
利惠子
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 91. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Kanji recurring across Rieko 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.
Explore written forms of Rieko
91 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading りえこ. 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.
りえこ
りえこ · Rieko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
リエ子
リエこ · Rieko
りえ子
りえこ · Rieko
リヱ子
りえこ · Rieko
五重子
りえこ · Rieko
倫英子
りえこ · Rieko
利依子
りえこ · Rieko
利恵子
りえこ · Rieko
利悦子
りえこ · Rieko
利惠子
りえこ · Rieko
利映子
りえこ · Rieko
利枝子
りえこ · Rieko
利栄子
りえこ · Rieko
利永子
りえこ · Rieko
利江子
りえこ · Rieko
利絵子
りえこ · Rieko
利英子
りえこ · Rieko
利衣子
りえこ · Rieko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
利重子
りえこ · Rieko
史絵子
りえこ · Rieko
吏恵子
りえこ · Rieko
吏慰子
りえこ · Rieko
吏永子
りえこ · Rieko
吏江子
りえこ · Rieko
吏英子
りえこ · Rieko
李恵子
りえこ · Rieko
李惠子
りえこ · Rieko
李愛子
りえこ · Rieko
李枝子
りえこ · Rieko
李栄子
りえこ · Rieko
李江子
りえこ · Rieko
李笑子
りえこ · Rieko
李絵子
りえこ · Rieko
李英子
りえこ · Rieko
李荏子
りえこ · Rieko
李衣子
りえこ · Rieko
李詠子
りえこ · Rieko
柳重子
りえこ · Rieko
梨咲子
りえこ · Rieko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
梨恵子
りえこ · Rieko
梨映子
りえこ · Rieko
梨枝子
りえこ · Rieko
梨江子
りえこ · Rieko
梨瑛子
りえこ · Rieko
梨絵子
りえこ · Rieko
梨英子
りえこ · Rieko
梨衣子
りえこ · Rieko
理会子
りえこ · Rieko
理徳子
りえこ · Rieko
理恵子
りえこ · Rieko
理悦子
りえこ · Rieko
理惠子
りえこ · Rieko
理愛子
りえこ · Rieko
理慧子
りえこ · Rieko
理映子
りえこ · Rieko
理枝子
りえこ · Rieko
理栄子
りえこ · Rieko
理永子
りえこ · Rieko
理江子
りえこ · Rieko
理笑己
りえこ · Rieko
理絵子
りえこ · Rieko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
理英子
りえこ · Rieko
理衣子
りえこ · Rieko
理詠子
りえこ · Rieko
理重子
りえこ · Rieko
璃英子
りえこ · Rieko
癒永子
りえこ · Rieko
莉恵子
りえこ · Rieko
莉慧子
りえこ · Rieko
莉映子
りえこ · Rieko
莉枝子
りえこ · Rieko
莉江子
りえこ · Rieko
莉絵子
りえこ · Rieko
莉英子
りえこ · Rieko
里会子
りえこ · Rieko
里依子
りえこ · Rieko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
里咲子
りえこ · Rieko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
里恵子
りえこ · Rieko
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
里惠子
りえこ · Rieko
里慧子
りえこ · Rieko
Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 91 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 90 distinct written spellings.
Compare Rieko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| りえこ | りえこ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| リエ子 | リエこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| りえ子 | りえこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| リヱ子 | りえこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 五重子 | りえこ | 五 — five · 重 — heavy, important · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 倫英子 | りえこ | 倫 — ethics, companion · 英 — England, English · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利依子 | りえこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 依 — reliant, depend on · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利恵子 | りえこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 恵 — favor, blessing · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利悦子 | りえこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 悦 — ecstasy, joy · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利惠子 | りえこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 惠 — blessing, grace · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利映子 | りえこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 映 — reflect, reflection · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利枝子 | りえこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 枝 — bough, branch · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利栄子 | りえこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 栄 — flourish, prosperity · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利永子 | りえこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 永 — eternity, long · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利江子 | りえこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 江 — creek, inlet · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利絵子 | りえこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 絵 — picture, drawing · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 22 | 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 Rieko 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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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.
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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