Skip to main content
Evidence-led referenceJapanese names, readings and kanji
littleden.blogJapanese name reference
Saved
ReferenceNamesItsue
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Japanese given name

Itsue

イツエ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

いつえイツエItsue
Compare spellings
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 spellings82

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows82

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Itsue

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いつえ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formイツエ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationItsue

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

Mora segmentationい · つ · え

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 Itsue 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 readings3

いつえ · イツエ · イツえ

Kanji-based spellings81

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 forms5

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms17

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms59

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

いつえ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms82

83 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms4

5 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 81 · unspecified 2

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
いつえItsue8283 source rowsfemale 81 · unspecified 2source rows · distinct forms: female 81 · unspecified 245 source rows
いつえItsue00 source rows—source rows · distinct forms: —00 source rows
いつえItsue00 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 Itsue

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 data81

6–37 strokes observed span

Median total strokes26

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms80

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
いつえItsue382
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
津恵7 analyzed forms津映7 analyzed forms津江7 analyzed forms津絵7 analyzed forms都恵7 analyzed forms都映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?

8 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 readings8

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading72

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set8

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

乙恵
2 source-recorded readings
Itsueいつえ · this pageOtoeおとえ
以津枝
2 source-recorded readings
Itsueいつえ · this pageIzueいづえ
以都江
2 source-recorded readings
Itsueいつえ · this pageItoeいとえ
維都江
2 source-recorded readings
Itsueいつえ · this pageItoeいとえ

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 Itsue 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, harbor30003009ず, ち, とJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
都capital, metropolis280028011—Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
恵favor, blessing, grace190190010あや, け, さと, さとし +4Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
江creek, inlet, bay18018006くん, とうみ, み, りえJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
絵picture, drawing, painting160160012—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
映reflect, reflection, projection14014009あきら, え, てるJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
以by means of, because, in view of990005もちJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
伊Italy, that one990006これ, ただ, よし, いと +1Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
衣garment, clothes, dressing981006—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
委committee, entrust to, leave to880008まかせJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
惟consider, reflect, think8800011ただ, よし, のぶJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
意idea, mind, heart8800013もと, よしJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3

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

イツエ

Search exact writing →
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Itsueいつえ · this page
Characters in order
イKanaツKanaエKana
Exact written form

いつ慧

Search exact writing →
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Itsueいつえ · this page
Characters in order
いKanaつKana慧wise

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 82. 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 Itsue 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, harbor30 of 82 analyzed forms都capital, metropolis28 of 82 analyzed forms恵favor, blessing, grace19 of 82 analyzed forms江creek, inlet, bay18 of 82 analyzed forms絵picture, drawing, painting16 of 82 analyzed forms映reflect, reflection, projection14 of 82 analyzed forms以by means of, because, in view of9 of 82 analyzed forms伊Italy, that one9 of 82 analyzed forms衣garment, clothes, dressing9 of 82 analyzed forms委committee, entrust to, leave to8 of 82 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Itsue

82 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading いつえ. 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.

イツエ

イツエ · Itsue

Katakana イツエMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling
Search this exact writing

いつ慧

いつえ · Itsue

Katakana イツエMorae 3Strokes 15
慧wise
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Search this exact writing

Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 82 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 82 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Itsue 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
イツエイツエKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
イツ恵イツえ恵 — favor, blessing10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
いつ慧いつえ慧 — wise15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
いつ枝いつえ枝 — bough, branch8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
いつ江いつえ江 — creek, inlet6All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
いつ絵いつえ絵 — picture, drawing12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一咲いつえ一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 咲 — blossom, bloom10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一恵いつえ一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 恵 — favor, blessing11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
一栄いつえ一 — one, one radical (no.1) · 栄 — flourish, prosperity10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
乙恵いつえ乙 — the latter, duplicate · 恵 — favor, blessing11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
五恵いつえ五 — five · 恵 — favor, blessing14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
五慧いつえ五 — five · 慧 — wise19All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
五枝いつえ五 — five · 枝 — bough, branch12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
五江いつえ五 — five · 江 — creek, inlet10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
五百枝いつえ五 — five · 百 — hundred · 枝 — bough, branch18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
五絵いつえ五 — five · 絵 — picture, drawing16All 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 Itsue 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 いつ

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.

Given name · female · limited reference

Izumi

156 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Itsumi

97 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Itsuki

73 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Itsuko

64 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Itsuka

56 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Itsuo

39 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Itsu

25 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Ikkō

20 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · mixed records · limited reference

Issei

19 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · male · limited reference

Itsurō

19 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Itsuho

16 recorded spellings

Explore →Given name · female · limited reference

Itsuyo

14 recorded spellings

Explore →
Continue research

Where to go next from Itsue

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

Exact reading

Search いつえ

See source records matching this kana reading or beginning with it.

Continue →Reading family

I / い

Browse other public given names with the same opening reading family.

Continue →Character reference

津 — haven, port

Open the kanji page for readings, classifications and literal name-use context.

Continue →Character reference

都 — capital, metropolis

Open the kanji page for readings, classifications and literal name-use context.

Continue →Interactive discovery

Open Name Explorer

Use the same name type and 3-mora reading length as a starting point.

Continue →
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.

Review sources →