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Japanese given name

Shiho

しほ

Female-classified given-name records.

しほシホShiho
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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 spellings91

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows91

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Shiho

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しほ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formシホ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationShiho

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

Mora segmentationし · ほ

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 Shiho 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 “Shiho”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.

Kanji spellings11

character meanings available

Kana-only spellings1

no kanji meaning attached

InterpretationBy spelling

based on the exact written form

Kana-only spelling

しほ

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
しKana characterほKana character
Kanji spelling

信保

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
信faith, truth, fidelity保protect, guarantee, keep
Kanji spelling

偲歩

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
偲recollect, remember歩walk, counter for steps
Kanji spelling

史保

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
史history, chronicle保protect, guarantee, keep
Kanji spelling

史宝

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
史history, chronicle宝treasure, wealth, valuables
Kanji spelling

史帆

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
史history, chronicle帆sail
Kanji spelling

史歩

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
史history, chronicle歩walk, counter for steps
Kanji spelling

史畝

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
史history, chronicle畝furrow, thirty tsubo, ridge
Kanji spelling

史穂

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
史history, chronicle穂ear, ear (grain), head
Kanji spelling

史邦

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
史history, chronicle邦home country, country, Japan
Kanji spelling

吏穂

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
吏officer, an official穂ear, ear (grain), head

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.

Reading profile

How Shiho 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 readings1

しほ

Kanji-based spellings90

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-only1

recorded spelling

1-kanji forms3

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms87

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.

Primary reading recorded asGiven name + surname

しほ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms91

91 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms4

4 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 91

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
しほShiho9191 source rowsfemale 91source rows · distinct forms: female 9144 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 Shiho

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 data90

6–29 strokes observed span

Median total strokes17

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms90

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
しほShiho291
Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

14 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 readings14

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading66

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set5

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

吏穂
2 source-recorded readings
Shihoしほ · this pageRihoりほ
子穂
2 source-recorded readings
Shihoしほ · this pageSusuiすすい

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 Shiho 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
保protect, guarantee, keep16016009う, お, ぶ, もり +2Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
帆sail15114006—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
穂ear, ear (grain), head150150015お, こう, のり, ほいJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
歩walk, counter for steps12012008あ, ゆき, ゆみJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
志intention, plan, resolve12120007じん, べ, べし, ゆきJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
詩poem, poetry111100013—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
紫purple, violet9900012さい, ゆかりJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
史history, chronicle770005あきら, あや, お, こ +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
畝furrow, thirty tsubo, ridge4040010—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
姿figure, form, shape440009しなJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
星star, spot, dot404009—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
梓catalpa tree, woodblock printing4400011—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9

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

しほ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shihoしほ · this page
Characters in order
しKanaほKana
Exact written form

信保

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Shihoしほ · this pageShinpoしんぽNobuyasuのぶやす
Characters in order
信faith, truth保protect, guarantee
Other public forms containing the same contiguous sequence
信保実Given name · Shihomi · しほみ信保美Given name · Shihomi · しほみ信保里Given name · Shihori · しほり

The exact sequence 信保 appears contiguously inside these other source-recorded forms.

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.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Shiho 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.

保protect, guarantee, keep16 of 91 analyzed forms帆sail15 of 91 analyzed forms穂ear, ear (grain), head15 of 91 analyzed forms歩walk, counter for steps12 of 91 analyzed forms志intention, plan, resolve12 of 91 analyzed forms詩poem, poetry11 of 91 analyzed forms紫purple, violet9 of 91 analyzed forms史history, chronicle7 of 91 analyzed forms畝furrow, thirty tsubo, ridge4 of 91 analyzed forms姿figure, form, shape4 of 91 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Shiho

91 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading しほ. 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.

しほ

しほ · Shiho

Katakana シホMorae 2Strokes —

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

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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 91 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 91 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Shiho 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
しほしほKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
信保しほ信 — faith, truth · 保 — protect, guarantee18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
偲歩しほ偲 — recollect, remember · 歩 — walk, counter for steps19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
児保しほ児 — newborn babe, child · 保 — protect, guarantee16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
史保しほ史 — history, chronicle · 保 — protect, guarantee14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
史宝しほ史 — history, chronicle · 宝 — treasure, wealth13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
史帆しほ史 — history, chronicle · 帆 — sail11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
史歩しほ史 — history, chronicle · 歩 — walk, counter for steps13All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
史畝しほ史 — history, chronicle · 畝 — furrow, thirty tsubo15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
史穂しほ史 — history, chronicle · 穂 — ear, ear (grain)20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
史邦しほ史 — history, chronicle · 邦 — home country, country12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
吏穂しほ吏 — officer, an official · 穂 — ear, ear (grain)21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
嗣歩しほ嗣 — heir, succeed · 歩 — walk, counter for steps21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
四穂しほ四 — four · 穂 — ear, ear (grain)20All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
四葉しほ四 — four · 葉 — leaf, plane17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
士歩しほ士 — gentleman, scholar · 歩 — walk, counter for steps11All 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 Shiho 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 しほ

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

Shihoko

41 recorded spellings

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Shihomi

39 recorded spellings

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Shihori

34 recorded spellings

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Shihō

13 recorded spellings

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Shihona

8 recorded spellings

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Shihoka

7 recorded spellings

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Jihō

3 recorded spellings

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Shihoe

3 recorded spellings

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Shared-kanji relationships

Other names sharing kanji with Shiho

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

Shihomi

保史姿帆志歩穂紫詩

9 shared kanji · 34 matching source-recorded spellings

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Shiori

保史姿志歩穂紫詩

8 shared kanji · 92 matching source-recorded spellings

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Shihoko

保史帆志歩穂紫詩

8 shared kanji · 36 matching source-recorded spellings

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Shihori

保史帆志歩穂紫詩

8 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings

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Shihona

保史姿帆志歩穂詩

8 shared kanji · 8 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshiho

保帆志歩畝穂詩

7 shared kanji · 23 matching source-recorded spellings

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Hoshi

保姿帆志歩穂詩

7 shared kanji · 6 matching source-recorded spellings

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Shinobu

史姿志歩紫詩

6 shared kanji · 52 matching source-recorded spellings

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Yoshio

保史志歩穂詩

6 shared kanji · 29 matching source-recorded spellings

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Chiho

保帆志歩畝穂

6 shared kanji · 21 matching source-recorded spellings

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Seshiru

史姿志畝紫詩

6 shared kanji · 14 matching source-recorded spellings

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Shizuho

保帆志畝穂紫

6 shared kanji · 11 matching source-recorded spellings

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Where to go next from Shiho

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Exact reading

Search しほ

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Shi / し

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保 — protect, guarantee

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帆 — sail

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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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