Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Imako

いまこ

Female-classified given-name records.

いまこイマコImako

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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 spellings58

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows59

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Imako

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いまこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formイマコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationImako

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

Mora segmentationい · ま · こ

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

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Reading profile

How Imako 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

いまこ · イマこ

Kanji-based spellings58

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 forms2

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

3-kanji forms55

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

いまこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms58

59 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 59

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
いまこImako	5859 source rows	female 59source rows · distinct forms: female 58	00 source rows
いまごImago	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	22 source rows
いまこImako	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.

Spelling anatomy

Corpus structure behind Imako

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 data58

3–33 strokes observed span

Median total strokes22

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms58

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
いまこ	Imako	3	59

Recurring first-position kanji

以by means of, because8 forms 意idea, mind8 forms 伊Italy, that one7 forms 委committee, entrust to7 forms 惟consider, reflect7 forms 維fiber, tie7 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

子child, sign of the rat57 forms 古old1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

真子9 analyzed forms 磨子8 analyzed forms 万子7 analyzed forms 摩子7 analyzed forms 満子7 analyzed forms 茉子7 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 59 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 checked59

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings3

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading55

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set4

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

今日子

4 source-recorded readings

Imakoいまこ · this pageImahikoいまひこ Kiyōkoきようこ Kyōkoきょうこ

今子

2 source-recorded readings

Imakoいまこ · this pageKyōkoきょうこ

伊真子

2 source-recorded readings

IsakoいさこImakoいまこ · 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 Imako 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	Internal	Strokes	KANJIDIC2 nanori	Loaded class
子	child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM	57	0	57	0	3	い, き, ぎ, く +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	9	0	0	9	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
以	by means of, because, in view of	8	8	0	0	5	もち	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
万	ten thousand, 10,000	8	0	0	8	3	かず, ま, ゆる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
磨	grind, polish, scour	8	0	0	8	16	おさむ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
意	idea, mind, heart	8	8	0	0	13	もと, よし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
摩	chafe, rub, polish	7	0	0	7	15	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
満	full, fullness, enough	7	0	0	7	12	ま, みち, みつ, みつる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
茉	jasmine	7	0	0	7	8	み	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
麻	hemp, flax, numb	7	0	0	7	11	あ, あざ, お	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
伊	Italy, that one	7	7	0	0	6	これ, ただ, よし, いと +1	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
委	committee, entrust to, leave to	7	7	0	0	8	まかせ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Imakoいまこ · this page

Characters in order

以by means of, because真true, reality子child, sign of the rat

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 59. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

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Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Imako 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.

子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM57 of 59 analyzed forms 真true, reality, Buddhist sect9 of 59 analyzed forms 以by means of, because, in view of8 of 59 analyzed forms 万ten thousand, 10,0008 of 59 analyzed forms 磨grind, polish, scour8 of 59 analyzed forms 意idea, mind, heart8 of 59 analyzed forms 摩chafe, rub, polish7 of 59 analyzed forms 満full, fullness, enough7 of 59 analyzed forms 茉jasmine7 of 59 analyzed forms 麻hemp, flax, numb7 of 59 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Imako

59 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading いまこ. 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.

いまこ

いまこ · Imako

Katakana イマコMorae 3Strokes —

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

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