group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings28 Source spelling/reading rows29 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 Ritsuko
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: Ritsuko. 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 Ritsuko 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 “Ritsuko”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
リツコ
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
リKana characterツKana characterコKana character
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
リツ子
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
Mixed kanji and kana spelling
りつ子
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
利司子
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
利律子
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
利津子
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
利都子
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
吏津子
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
律修子
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
律子
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
律瑚
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
李津子
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 29. 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 Ritsuko 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.
りつこ · リツコ · リツこ
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
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.
りつこ in the imported JMnedict corpus
31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| りつこRitsuko | 2931 source rows | female 30 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 28 · unspecified 1 | 00 source rows |
| りつこRitsuko | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 source rows |
| りつこRitsuko | 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 Ritsuko
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.
3–30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| りつこ | Ritsuko | 3 | 29 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
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?
4 of 29 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
立子
4 source-recorded readings
律子
3 source-recorded readings
栗子
璃都子
3 source-recorded readings
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 Ritsuko 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 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 3 | い, き, ぎ, く +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 津 | haven, port, harbor | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ず, ち, と | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 都 | capital, metropolis | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 11 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 律 | rhythm, law, regulation | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | たかし, のり | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 利 | profit, advantage, benefit | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | かが, と, とし, のり +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 梨 | pear tree | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | か | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 理 | logic, arrangement, reason | 3 | 3 | 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 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | さ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 莉 | jasmine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 司 | director, official, govt office | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | つ, つか, つかさ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 吏 | officer, an official | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | さと, し | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 修 | discipline, conduct oneself well, study | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | おき, なが, のぶ, おさむ | 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.
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
リツコ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ritsukoりつこ · this page
Characters in order
リKanaツKanaコKana
Exact written form
リツ子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ritsukoりつこ
Characters in order
Exact written form
りつ子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ritsukoりつこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
利司子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ritsukoりつこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
利律子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ritsukoりつこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
利津子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ritsukoりつこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
利都子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ritsukoりつこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
吏津子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ritsukoりつこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
律修子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Ritsukoりつこ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
律子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 29. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Ritsuko 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-1AM27 of 29 analyzed forms津haven, port, harbor9 of 29 analyzed forms都capital, metropolis6 of 29 analyzed forms律rhythm, law, regulation5 of 29 analyzed forms利profit, advantage, benefit4 of 29 analyzed forms梨pear tree3 of 29 analyzed forms理logic, arrangement, reason3 of 29 analyzed forms里ri, village, parent's home3 of 29 analyzed forms莉jasmine2 of 29 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Ritsuko
29 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading りつこ. 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.
リツコ
リツコ · Ritsuko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
リツ子
リツこ · Ritsuko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
りつ子
りつこ · Ritsuko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
利司子
りつこ · Ritsuko
利profit, advantage, benefit司director, official, govt office, rule子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
利律子
りつこ · Ritsuko
利profit, advantage, benefit律rhythm, law, regulation, gauge子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
利津子
りつこ · Ritsuko
利profit, advantage, benefit津haven, port, harbor, ferry子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
利都子
りつこ · Ritsuko
利profit, advantage, benefit都capital, metropolis子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
吏津子
りつこ · Ritsuko
吏officer, an official津haven, port, harbor, ferry子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
律修子
りつこ · Ritsuko
律rhythm, law, regulation, gauge修discipline, conduct oneself well, study, master子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
律子
りつこ · Ritsuko
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.
律瑚
りつこ · Ritsuko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
李津子
りつこ · Ritsuko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
林津子
りつこ · Ritsuko
林grove, forest津haven, port, harbor, ferry子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
栗子
りつこ · Ritsuko
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.
梨律子
りつこ · Ritsuko
梨pear tree律rhythm, law, regulation, gauge子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
梨津子
りつこ · Ritsuko
梨pear tree津haven, port, harbor, ferry子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
梨都子
りつこ · Ritsuko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
率子
りつこ · Ritsuko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
理津子
りつこ · Ritsuko
理logic, arrangement, reason, justice津haven, port, harbor, ferry子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
理通子
りつこ · Ritsuko
理logic, arrangement, reason, justice通traffic, pass through, avenue, commute子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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理都子
りつこ · Ritsuko
理logic, arrangement, reason, justice都capital, metropolis子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
璃都子
りつこ · Ritsuko
璃glassy, lapis lazuli都capital, metropolis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.
立子
りつこ · Ritsuko
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.
莉津子
りつこ · Ritsuko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
莉都子
りつこ · Ritsuko
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里津子
りつこ · Ritsuko
里ri, village, parent's home, league津haven, port, harbor, ferry子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
里葎子
りつこ · Ritsuko
里ri, village, parent's home, league葎creepers, trailing plants, vines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
里都子
りつこ · Ritsuko
里ri, village, parent's home, league都capital, metropolis子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
鯉津子
りつこ · Ritsuko
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Ritsuko 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| リツコ | リツコ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| リツ子 | リツこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| りつ子 | りつこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利司子 | りつこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 司 — director, official · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利律子 | りつこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 律 — rhythm, law · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利津子 | りつこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 津 — haven, port · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 利都子 | りつこ | 利 — profit, advantage · 都 — capital, metropolis · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吏津子 | りつこ | 吏 — officer, an official · 津 — haven, port · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 律修子 | りつこ | 律 — rhythm, law · 修 — discipline, conduct oneself well · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 律子 | りつこ | 律 — rhythm, law · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 律瑚 | りつこ | 律 — rhythm, law · 瑚 — ancestral offering receptacle, coral | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 李津子 | りつこ | 李 — plum · 津 — haven, port · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 林津子 | りつこ | 林 — grove, forest · 津 — haven, port · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 栗子 | りつこ | 栗 — chestnut · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 梨律子 | りつこ | 梨 — pear tree · 律 — rhythm, law · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 梨津子 | りつこ | 梨 — pear tree · 津 — haven, port · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 23 | 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 Ritsuko 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 Ritsuko
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
Eriko
利子律梨理莉都里
8 shared kanji · 128 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipRitsu
利律梨津理莉都里
8 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipNoriko
利子律梨理莉里
7 shared kanji · 161 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipKaori
利子律梨理莉里
7 shared kanji · 156 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipShiori
利司子梨理莉里
7 shared kanji · 100 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMariko
利子律梨理莉里
7 shared kanji · 99 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipRika
利子律梨理莉里
7 shared kanji · 91 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipYuriko
利子律梨理莉里
7 shared kanji · 89 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipRie
利子律梨理莉里
7 shared kanji · 81 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipRikako
利子律梨理莉里
7 shared kanji · 65 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipArisu
利司子梨理莉里
7 shared kanji · 63 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMidori
利子梨理莉都里
7 shared kanji · 63 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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