Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Shimon

シモン

Given-name classification varies across source records.

しもんシモンShimon

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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 spellings14

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows14

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Shimon

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しもん

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formシモン

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationShimon

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

Mora segmentationし · も · ん

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 Shimon 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 “Shimon”, 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

シモン

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

シKana characterモKana characterンKana character

Kanji spelling

偲文

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文sentence, literature, style

Kanji spelling

史門

Characters and loaded glosses

史history, chronicle門gate, counter for cannons

Kanji spelling

司紋

Characters and loaded glosses

司director, official, govt office紋family crest, figures

Kanji spelling

士文

Characters and loaded glosses

士gentleman, scholar, samurai文sentence, literature, style

Kanji spelling

士紋

Characters and loaded glosses

士gentleman, scholar, samurai紋family crest, figures

Kanji spelling

士門

Characters and loaded glosses

士gentleman, scholar, samurai門gate, counter for cannons

Kanji spelling

心門

Characters and loaded glosses

心heart, mind, spirit門gate, counter for cannons

Kanji spelling

思聞

Characters and loaded glosses

思think聞hear, ask, listen

Kanji spelling

施門

Characters and loaded glosses

施give, bestow, perform門gate, counter for cannons

Kanji spelling

紫紋

Characters and loaded glosses

紫purple, violet紋family crest, figures

Kanji spelling

紫門

Characters and loaded glosses

紫purple, violet門gate, counter for cannons

Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 14. 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 Shimon 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 readings2

しもん · シモン

Kanji-based spellings13

among the forms analyzed on this page

Kana characters3

in the primary dictionary reading

Morae3

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

Kana-only1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms13

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

しもん in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms14

14 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms7

7 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 4 · unspecified 10

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
しもんShimon	1414 source rows	female 4 · unspecified 10source rows · distinct forms: female 4 · unspecified 10	77 source rows
しもんShimon	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.

JMnedict source text

Source-supplied text attached to Shimon 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
シモン	しもん	Simon

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.

14 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Shimon

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 data13

7–23 strokes observed span

Median total strokes15

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms13

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution

Reading	Romanization	Morae	Forms
しもん	Shimon	3	14

Recurring first-position kanji

士gentleman, scholar3 forms 紫purple, violet2 forms 偲recollect, remember1 form 史history, chronicle1 form 司director, official1 form 心heart, mind1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

門gate, counter for cannons5 forms 紋family crest, figures5 forms 文sentence, literature2 forms 聞hear, ask1 form

Reading ambiguity

Can the same writing be read another way?

None of the 14 displayed written forms has a second given-name reading in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked14

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings0

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading14

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set1

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 Shimon 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	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
門	gate, counter for cannons	5	0	5	8	じょう, も, ゆき	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
紋	family crest, figures	5	0	5	10	あや	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
士	gentleman, scholar, samurai	3	3	0	3	お, ま	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
文	sentence, literature, style	2	0	2	4	かざり, ふ, も	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
紫	purple, violet	2	2	0	12	さい, ゆかり	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
偲	recollect, remember	1	1	0	11	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
史	history, chronicle	1	1	0	5	あきら, あや, お, こ +7	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
司	director, official, govt office	1	1	0	5	つ, つか, つかさ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
心	heart, mind, spirit	1	1	0	4	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
思	think	1	1	0	9	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
聞	hear, ask, listen	1	0	1	14	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
施	give, bestow, perform	1	1	0	9	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8

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

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Exact written form

シモン

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimonしもん · this page

Characters in order

シKanaモKanaンKana

Exact written form

偲文

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimonしもん · this page

Characters in order

偲recollect, remember文sentence, literature

Exact written form

史門

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimonしもん · this page

Characters in order

史history, chronicle門gate, counter for cannons

Exact written form

司紋

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimonしもん · this page

Characters in order

司director, official紋family crest, figures

Exact written form

士文

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimonしもん · this page

Characters in order

士gentleman, scholar文sentence, literature

Exact written form

士紋

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimonしもん · this page

Characters in order

士gentleman, scholar紋family crest, figures

Exact written form

士門

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimonしもん · this page

Characters in order

士gentleman, scholar門gate, counter for cannons

Exact written form

心門

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimonしもん · this page

Characters in order

心heart, mind門gate, counter for cannons

Exact written form

思聞

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimonしもん · this page

Characters in order

思think聞hear, ask

Exact written form

施門

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimonしもん · this page

Characters in order

施give, bestow門gate, counter for cannons

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 14. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Shimon 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.

門gate, counter for cannons5 of 14 analyzed forms 紋family crest, figures5 of 14 analyzed forms 士gentleman, scholar, samurai3 of 14 analyzed forms 文sentence, literature, style2 of 14 analyzed forms 紫purple, violet2 of 14 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Shimon

14 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading しもん. 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.

シモン

シモン · Shimon

Katakana シモンMorae 3Strokes —

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

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