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Japanese given name

Atsue

あつえ

Female-classified given-name records.

あつえアツエAtsue
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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 spellings98

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows98

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Atsue

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あつえ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formアツエ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationAtsue

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

Mora segmentationあ · つ · え

3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.

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Reading profile

How Atsue 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

あつえ · アツえ

Kanji-based spellings97

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

1-kanji forms6

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms55

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms36

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

あつえ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms98

98 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 98

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
あつえAtsue9898 source rowsfemale 98source rows · distinct forms: female 9800 source rows
あつえAtsue00 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 Atsue

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 data97

6–34 strokes observed span

Median total strokes23

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms97

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
あつえAtsue398
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
亜津6 analyzed forms亜都6 analyzed forms安津6 analyzed forms安都6 analyzed forms阿津6 analyzed forms阿都6 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?

10 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 readings10

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading70

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set5

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

忠江
2 source-recorded readings
Atsueあつえ · this pageChieちえ
淳江
2 source-recorded readings
Atsueあつえ · this pageSumieすみえ
温恵
2 source-recorded readings
Atsueあつえ · this pageHarueはるえ
温絵
2 source-recorded readings
Atsueあつえ · this pageHarueはるえ

A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not currently meet the canonical publication standard. Strong reference pages do not promote limited records merely to create extra internal links.

Kanji role reference

How recurring characters function across Atsue 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
津haven, port, harbor18001809ず, ち, とJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
都capital, metropolis180018011—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
恵favor, blessing, grace150150010あや, け, さと, さとし +4Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
枝bough, branch, twig15015008え, ぐさJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
慧wise140140015さと, さとし, さとる, あきら +1Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
江creek, inlet, bay13013006くん, とうみ, み, りえJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
絵picture, drawing, painting130130012—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
亜Asia, rank next, come after12120007や, つぎ, つぐJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
安relax, cheap, low12120006あ, あす, あず, あっ +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon12120008ほとり, あず, あわ, おか +2Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
衣garment, clothes, dressing11011006—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
敦industry, kindliness9900012あつ, あつし, つる, のぶ +1Jinmeiyō · 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

あつえ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Atsueあつえ · this page
Characters in order
あKanaつKanaえKana
Exact written form

アツ慧

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Atsueあつえ · this page
Characters in order
アKanaツKana慧wise

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 98. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

For VPS safety, contiguous-sequence lookups are limited to six 2–4 kanji forms per canonical page and cached for 12 hours per active JMnedict generation.

Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Atsue 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.

津haven, port, harbor18 of 98 analyzed forms都capital, metropolis18 of 98 analyzed forms恵favor, blessing, grace15 of 98 analyzed forms枝bough, branch, twig15 of 98 analyzed forms慧wise14 of 98 analyzed forms江creek, inlet, bay13 of 98 analyzed forms絵picture, drawing, painting13 of 98 analyzed forms亜Asia, rank next, come after12 of 98 analyzed forms安relax, cheap, low12 of 98 analyzed forms阿Africa, flatter, fawn upon12 of 98 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Atsue

98 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading あつえ. 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.

あつえ

あつえ · Atsue

Katakana アツエMorae 3Strokes —

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

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アツ慧

アツえ · Atsue

Katakana アツエMorae 3Strokes 15
慧wise
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 98 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 98 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Atsue 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
あつえあつえKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
アツ恵アツえ恵 — favor, blessing10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
アツ慧アツえ慧 — wise15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
アツ枝アツえ枝 — bough, branch8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
アツ江アツえ江 — creek, inlet6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
アツ絵アツえ絵 — picture, drawing12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
あつ重あつえ重 — heavy, important9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜津恵あつえ亜 — Asia, rank next · 津 — haven, port · 恵 — favor, blessing26All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜津慧あつえ亜 — Asia, rank next · 津 — haven, port · 慧 — wise31All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜津枝あつえ亜 — Asia, rank next · 津 — haven, port · 枝 — bough, branch24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜津江あつえ亜 — Asia, rank next · 津 — haven, port · 江 — creek, inlet22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜津絵あつえ亜 — Asia, rank next · 津 — haven, port · 絵 — picture, drawing28All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜津衣あつえ亜 — Asia, rank next · 津 — haven, port · 衣 — garment, clothes22All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜都恵あつえ亜 — Asia, rank next · 都 — capital, metropolis · 恵 — favor, blessing28All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜都慧あつえ亜 — Asia, rank next · 都 — capital, metropolis · 慧 — wise33All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜都枝あつえ亜 — Asia, rank next · 都 — capital, metropolis · 枝 — bough, branch26All 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 Atsue 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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Where to go next from Atsue

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Exact reading

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津 — haven, port

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都 — capital, metropolis

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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.

JMnedictChecked 17 Sep 2026Active data built 16 Sep 2026Stored status: downloaded
KANJIDIC2Checked 17 Sep 2026Active data built 17 Sep 2026
Japan Ministry of Justice — characters usable in children’s namesChecked 17 Sep 2026
Japan Agency for Cultural Affairs — Romanization Rules (2025)Checked 17 Sep 2026
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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