group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name
Sakumi
さくみ
Given-name classification varies across source records.
さくみサクミSakumi
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings26 Source spelling/reading rows26 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 Sakumi
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: Sakumi. 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 Sakumi 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 “Sakumi”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
Kana-only spelling
さくみ
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
さKana characterくKana characterみKana character
Kanji spelling
佐久実
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
佐久美
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
作実
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
作巳
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
作美
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
咲久実
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
咲実
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
咲巳
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
咲心
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
咲空美
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
咲美
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 26. 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 Sakumi 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.
さくみ
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
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.
さくみ in the imported JMnedict corpus
26 source spelling/reading rows
3 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| さくみSakumi | 2626 source rows | female 23 · unspecified 3source rows · distinct forms: female 23 · unspecified 3 | 33 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 Sakumi
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.
10–28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| さくみ | Sakumi | 3 | 26 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
久実4 analyzed forms久美4 analyzed forms幸久3 analyzed forms佐久2 analyzed forms空美2 analyzed forms沙久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?
5 of 26 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
咲心
桜美
作美
3 source-recorded readings
咲美
桜海
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 Sakumi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 美 | beauty, beautiful | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 9 | はる, よし, よしみ, り | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 久 | long time, old story | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | きゅ, わ, なが, ひさ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 実 | reality, truth, seed | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ぐみ, さね | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 咲 | blossom, bloom | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | さ, さき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 作 | make, production, prepare | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | くり, さか, さっ, づくり +4 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 幸 | happiness, blessing, fortune | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | こ, さき, さし, さっ +6 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 朔 | conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | たち | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 佐 | assistant, help | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | すけ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 巳 | sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 空 | empty, sky, void | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | うつ, き, く | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 早 | early, fast | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | さか, さわ, そ, わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 海 | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
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
さくみ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakumiさくみ · this page
Characters in order
さKanaくKanaみKana
Exact written form
佐久実
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakumiさくみ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
佐久美
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakumiさくみ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
作実
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakumiさくみ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
作巳
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakumiさくみ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
作美
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Exact written form
咲久実
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakumiさくみ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
咲実
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakumiさくみ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
咲巳
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Sakumiさくみ · this page
Characters in order
Exact written form
咲心
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Characters in order
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 26. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Sakumi 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.
美beauty, beautiful12 of 26 analyzed forms久long time, old story9 of 26 analyzed forms実reality, truth, seed7 of 26 analyzed forms咲blossom, bloom6 of 26 analyzed forms作make, production, prepare3 of 26 analyzed forms幸happiness, blessing, fortune3 of 26 analyzed forms朔conjunction (astronomy), first day of month, north3 of 26 analyzed forms佐assistant, help2 of 26 analyzed forms巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac2 of 26 analyzed forms空empty, sky, void2 of 26 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Sakumi
26 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading さくみ. 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.
さくみ
さくみ · Sakumi
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
Character-set checkKana spelling
佐久実
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
佐久美
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
作実
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
作巳
さくみ · Sakumi
作make, production, prepare, build巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
作美
さくみ · Sakumi
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.
咲久実
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
咲実
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
咲巳
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
咲心
さくみ · Sakumi
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.
咲空美
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
咲美
さくみ · Sakumi
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.
幸久実
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
幸久未
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
幸久美
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
彩空美
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
早久美
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
早玖美
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
朔実
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
朔海
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
朔美
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
桜海
さくみ · Sakumi
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.
桜美
さくみ · Sakumi
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.
沙久実
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
沙久美
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
策美
さくみ · Sakumi
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Spelling comparator
Compare Sakumi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| さくみ | さくみ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| 佐久実 | さくみ | 佐 — assistant, help · 久 — long time, old story · 実 — reality, truth | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 佐久美 | さくみ | 佐 — assistant, help · 久 — long time, old story · 美 — beauty, beautiful | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 作実 | さくみ | 作 — make, production · 実 — reality, truth | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 作巳 | さくみ | 作 — make, production · 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM | 10 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 作美 | さくみ | 作 — make, production · 美 — beauty, beautiful | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲久実 | さくみ | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 久 — long time, old story · 実 — reality, truth | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲実 | さくみ | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 実 — reality, truth | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲巳 | さくみ | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲心 | さくみ | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 心 — heart, mind | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲空美 | さくみ | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 空 — empty, sky · 美 — beauty, beautiful | 26 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 咲美 | さくみ | 咲 — blossom, bloom · 美 — beauty, beautiful | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 幸久実 | さくみ | 幸 — happiness, blessing · 久 — long time, old story · 実 — reality, truth | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 幸久未 | さくみ | 幸 — happiness, blessing · 久 — long time, old story · 未 — un-, not yet | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 幸久美 | さくみ | 幸 — happiness, blessing · 久 — long time, old story · 美 — beauty, beautiful | 20 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 彩空美 | さくみ | 彩 — coloring, paint · 空 — empty, sky · 美 — beauty, beautiful | 28 | 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 Sakumi 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 さく
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
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110 recorded spellings
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33 recorded spellings
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25 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakuya
25 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakurako
22 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakue
13 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceSakunosuke
13 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakuo
12 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceSakutarō
11 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · male · limited referenceSakujirō
9 recorded spellings
Explore →Given name · female · limited referenceSakuno
9 recorded spellings
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8 recorded spellings
Explore →Shared-kanji relationships
Other names sharing kanji with Sakumi
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
Sakura
久佐作咲幸朔空美
8 shared kanji · 58 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMisato
佐咲実巳幸空美
7 shared kanji · 69 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMisako
佐作咲実巳幸美
7 shared kanji · 61 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMisao
佐作咲実巳幸美
7 shared kanji · 48 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSatomi
佐咲実巳幸美
6 shared kanji · 127 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMegumi
久咲実巳幸美
6 shared kanji · 48 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipHisami
久佐咲実巳美
6 shared kanji · 30 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSatoko
佐作咲実幸美
6 shared kanji · 28 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipSaku
久佐作咲朔空
6 shared kanji · 17 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAyumi
実巳幸空美
5 shared kanji · 206 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipMisaki
佐咲実幸美
5 shared kanji · 164 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →Given-name relationshipAsami
佐咲実巳美
5 shared kanji · 134 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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