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Japanese given name

Hifumi

ひふみ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

ひふみヒフミHifumi
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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 spellings29

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows30

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Hifumi

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ひふみ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formヒフミ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationHifumi

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

Mora segmentationひ · ふ · み

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

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Reading profile

How Hifumi 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

ひふみ · ヒフミ

Kanji-based spellings28

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-only2

recorded spellings

1-kanji forms2

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms8

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms18

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

ひふみ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms29

30 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms3

3 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 29 · unspecified 1

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
ひふみHifumi2930 source rowsfemale 29 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 28 · unspecified 133 source rows
ひふみHifumi00 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 Hifumi

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 data28

6–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes17

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms28

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
ひふみHifumi330
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
一二3 analyzed forms二実2 analyzed forms二美2 analyzed forms妃二2 analyzed forms比夫2 analyzed forms富美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?

2 of 30 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 checked30

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings2

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading27

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set8

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

灯文
2 source-recorded readings
HiayaひあやHifumiひふみ · this page

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 Hifumi 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
美beauty, beautiful12012009はる, よし, よしみ, りJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
文sentence, literature, style706104かざり, ふ, もJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
比compare, race, ratio770004い, ぴっJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
実reality, truth, seed606008ぐみ, さねJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
二two, two radical (no. 7)500502おと, つぐ, つぎ, にい +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
妃queen, princess550006き, ぴ, みJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
一one, one radical (no.1)440001かず, い, いっ, いる +7Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
布linen, cloth, spread300305う, の, ほJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
日day, sun, Japan220004あ, あき, いる, く +8Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
夫husband, man200204お, と, ゆう, よJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
富wealth, enrich, abundant2002012と, とん, ふっJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
秀excel, excellence, beauty220007しゅ, しょう, ひで, ひでし +1Jōyō · 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

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

ひふみ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Hifumiひふみ · this page
Characters in order
ひKanaふKanaみKana
Exact written form

ヒフミ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Hifumiひふみ
Characters in order
ヒKanaフKanaミKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 30. 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 Hifumi 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 30 analyzed forms文sentence, literature, style7 of 30 analyzed forms比compare, race, ratio7 of 30 analyzed forms実reality, truth, seed6 of 30 analyzed forms二two, two radical (no. 7)5 of 30 analyzed forms妃queen, princess5 of 30 analyzed forms一one, one radical (no.1)4 of 30 analyzed forms布linen, cloth, spread3 of 30 analyzed forms日day, sun, Japan2 of 30 analyzed forms夫husband, man2 of 30 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Hifumi

30 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ひふみ. 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.

ひふみ

ひふみ · Hifumi

Katakana ヒフミMorae 3Strokes —

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

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ヒフミ

ヒフミ · Hifumi

Katakana ヒフミMorae 3Strokes —

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

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Spelling comparator

Compare Hifumi 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
ひふみひふみKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
ヒフミヒフミKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
ひふ実ひふみ実 — reality, truth8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
ひふ美ひふみ美 — beauty, beautiful9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一二三ひふみ一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 三 — three6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一二実ひふみ一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 実 — reality, truth11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一二美ひふみ一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 美 — beauty, beautiful12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一文美ひふみ一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 文 — sentence, literature · 美 — beauty, beautiful14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃二実ひふみ妃 — queen, princess · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 実 — reality, truth16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃二美ひふみ妃 — queen, princess · 二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 美 — beauty, beautiful17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃史ひふみ妃 — queen, princess · 史 — history, chronicle11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃文ひふみ妃 — queen, princess · 文 — sentence, literature10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃楓箕ひふみ妃 — queen, princess · 楓 — maple · 箕 — winnowing33All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
斐文ひふみ斐 — beautiful, patterned · 文 — sentence, literature16All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
日婦美ひふみ日 — day, sun · 婦 — lady, woman · 美 — beauty, beautiful24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
日歩実ひふみ日 — day, sun · 歩 — walk, counter for steps · 実 — reality, truth20All 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 Hifumi 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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Exact reading

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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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