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Canonical reference record
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Japanese given name

Himika

ひみか

Female-classified given-name records.

ひみかヒミカHimika
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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 spellings31

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows32

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Himika

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ひみか

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formヒミカ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationHimika

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

Mora segmentationひ · み · か

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

Audio note: the play button uses Japanese text-to-speech provided by the visitor’s browser/device. It is a convenience preview, not a recorded native-speaker pronunciation or pitch-accent authority.

Reading profile

How Himika 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

ひみか · ヒミカ

Kanji-based spellings30

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 forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms2

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms27

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

ひみか in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms31

32 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 32

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
ひみかHimika3132 source rowsfemale 32source rows · distinct forms: female 3100 source rows
ひみかHimika00 source rowssource 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 Himika

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 data30

8–39 strokes observed span

Median total strokes24

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms30

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms0

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
美香4 analyzed forms魅華4 analyzed forms妃美3 analyzed forms緋美3 analyzed forms妃実2 analyzed forms実加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?

3 of 32 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 checked32

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings3

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading28

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set9

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

氷海風
2 source-recorded readings
HisokaひそかHimikaひみか · 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 Himika 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
beauty, beautiful11001109はる, よし, よしみ, りJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
incense, smell, perfume909009こ, こお, ひゃん, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
queen, princess990006き, ぴ, みJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
reality, truth, seed600608ぐみ, さねJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
scarlet, cardinal6600014Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
excellent, beautiful, good505008けい, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
splendor, flower, petal5050010Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
fascination, charm, bewitch4004015Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
day, sun, Japan440004あ, あき, いる, く +8Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
add, addition, increase303005Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
icicle, ice, hail330005すいJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
applaud, praise, esteem2020014ひろ, よし, よしみ, かず +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

ひみか

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Himikaひみか · this page
Characters in order
KanaKanaKana
Exact written form

ヒミカ

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Himikaひみか
Characters in order
KanaKanaKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 32. 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 Himika 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.

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Himika

32 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading ひみか. 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.

ひみか

ひみか · Himika

Katakana ヒミカMorae 3Strokes

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

ヒミカ

ヒミカ · Himika

Katakana ヒミカMorae 3Strokes

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

Spelling comparator

Compare Himika 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
ひみかひみかKana-only spellingKana spelling
ヒミカヒミカKana-only spellingKana spelling
ひみ佳ひみか佳 — excellent, beautiful8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一花ひみか一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 花 — flower8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
仁心香ひみか仁 — humanity, virtue · 心 — heart, mind · 香 — incense, smell17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃実加ひみか妃 — queen, princess · 実 — reality, truth · 加 — add, addition19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃実嘉ひみか妃 — queen, princess · 実 — reality, truth · 嘉 — applaud, praise28All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃弥香ひみか妃 — queen, princess · 弥 — all the more, increasingly · 香 — incense, smell23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃未夏ひみか妃 — queen, princess · 未 — un-, not yet · 夏 — summer21All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃美佳ひみか妃 — queen, princess · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 佳 — excellent, beautiful23All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃美嘉ひみか妃 — queen, princess · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 嘉 — applaud, praise29All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃美香ひみか妃 — queen, princess · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 香 — incense, smell24All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃香ひみか妃 — queen, princess · 香 — incense, smell15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
妃魅華ひみか妃 — queen, princess · 魅 — fascination, charm · 華 — splendor, flower31All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
日実加ひみか日 — day, sun · 実 — reality, truth · 加 — add, addition17All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
日実香ひみか日 — day, sun · 実 — reality, truth · 香 — incense, smell21All 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 Himika 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 ひみ

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.

Continue research

Where to go next from Himika

Use literal reading, character and corpus relationships to continue without treating nearby records as automatically related.

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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