group-level written forms
Canonical reference record
JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context
Reference coverageDistinct recorded spellings166 Source spelling/reading rows168 Coverage levelExtended
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.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
Pronunciation & romanization
How to read Kimiko
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Kimiko. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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Reading profile
How Kimiko 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.
きみこ · キミコ · キミこ
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
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.
きみこ in the imported JMnedict corpus
168 source spelling/reading rows
1 source spelling/reading row
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| きみこKimiko | 166168 source rows | female 168source rows · distinct forms: female 166 | 11 source row |
| きみこKimiko | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 source rows |
| きみこKimiko | 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 Kimiko
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.
3–34 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| きみこ | Kimiko | 3 | 168 |
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
美子34 analyzed forms実子20 analyzed forms見子12 analyzed forms巳子11 analyzed forms三子9 analyzed forms水子9 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?
15 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.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
仁子
公子
乾子
伎王子
壽美子
希望子
3 source-recorded readings
公美子
2 source-recorded readings
Kimikoきみこ · this pageKumikoくみこ
公香
2 source-recorded readings
KimikaきみかKimikoきみこ · 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 Kimiko 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 | Solo | Strokes | KANJIDIC2 nanori | Loaded class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 子 | child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM | 158 | 0 | 158 | 0 | 0 | 3 | い, き, ぎ, く +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 美 | beauty, beautiful | 38 | 1 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9 | はる, よし, よしみ, り | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 実 | reality, truth, seed | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 8 | ぐみ, さね | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 希 | hope, beg, request | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | のぞ, のぞみ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 紀 | chronicle, account, narrative | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | おさむ, ただす, とし, とも +2 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 己 | self | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | し, み | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 見 | see, hopes, chances | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 7 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 喜 | rejoice, take pleasure in | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | あき, きゅ, のぶ, ゆき +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 巳 | sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 3 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 樹 | timber, trees, wood | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | いつき, うえ, こ, しげ +5 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 |
| 記 | scribe, account, narrative | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | のり | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 三 | three | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | か, さ, さい, さえ +11 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
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
きみこ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kimikoきみこ · this page
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きKanaみKanaこKana
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キミコ
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kimikoきみこ
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キKanaミKanaコKana
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キミ子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kimikoきみこ
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きみ子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kimikoきみこ · this page
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き実子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kimikoきみこ · this page
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き美子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kimikoきみこ · this page
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乾子
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亀実子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kimikoきみこ · this page
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亀美子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Kimikoきみこ · this page
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仁子
Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
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Corpus pattern
Kanji recurring across Kimiko 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-1AM158 of 168 analyzed forms美beauty, beautiful38 of 168 analyzed forms実reality, truth, seed22 of 168 analyzed forms希hope, beg, request15 of 168 analyzed forms紀chronicle, account, narrative14 of 168 analyzed forms己self12 of 168 analyzed forms見see, hopes, chances12 of 168 analyzed forms喜rejoice, take pleasure in11 of 168 analyzed forms巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac11 of 168 analyzed forms樹timber, trees, wood11 of 168 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing
Explore written forms of Kimiko
168 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading きみこ. 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.
きみこ
きみこ · Kimiko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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キミコ
キミコ · Kimiko
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
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キミ子
キミこ · Kimiko
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きみ子
きみこ · Kimiko
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き実子
きみこ · Kimiko
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き美子
きみこ · Kimiko
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乾子
きみこ · Kimiko
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亀実子
きみこ · Kimiko
亀tortoise, turtle実reality, truth, seed, fruit子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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亀美子
きみこ · Kimiko
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仁子
きみこ · Kimiko
仁humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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企実子
きみこ · Kimiko
企undertake, scheme, design, attempt実reality, truth, seed, fruit子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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企弥子
きみこ · Kimiko
企undertake, scheme, design, attempt弥all the more, increasingly子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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企美子
きみこ · Kimiko
企undertake, scheme, design, attempt美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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伎実子
きみこ · Kimiko
伎deed, skill実reality, truth, seed, fruit子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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伎王子
きみこ · Kimiko
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伎益子
きみこ · Kimiko
伎deed, skill益benefit, gain, profit, advantage子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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伎美子
きみこ · Kimiko
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侯子
きみこ · Kimiko
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僖美子
きみこ · Kimiko
僖enjoyment, pleasure美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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公子
きみこ · Kimiko
公public, prince, official, governmental子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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公美子
きみこ · Kimiko
公public, prince, official, governmental美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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公香
きみこ · Kimiko
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吉実子
きみこ · Kimiko
吉good luck, joy, congratulations実reality, truth, seed, fruit子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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吉益子
きみこ · Kimiko
吉good luck, joy, congratulations益benefit, gain, profit, advantage子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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吉美子
きみこ · Kimiko
吉good luck, joy, congratulations美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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后子
きみこ · Kimiko
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君児
きみこ · Kimiko
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君子
きみこ · Kimiko
君mister, you, ruler, male name suffix子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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君孝
きみこ · Kimiko
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君実子
きみこ · Kimiko
君mister, you, ruler, male name suffix実reality, truth, seed, fruit子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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君美子
きみこ · Kimiko
君mister, you, ruler, male name suffix美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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喜三子
きみこ · Kimiko
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喜味子
きみこ · Kimiko
喜rejoice, take pleasure in味flavor, taste子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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喜実子
きみこ · Kimiko
喜rejoice, take pleasure in実reality, truth, seed, fruit子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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喜己子
きみこ · Kimiko
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喜巳子
きみこ · Kimiko
喜rejoice, take pleasure in巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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喜望子
きみこ · Kimiko
喜rejoice, take pleasure in望ambition, full moon, hope, desire子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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喜未子
きみこ · Kimiko
喜rejoice, take pleasure in未un-, not yet, hitherto, still子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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喜水子
きみこ · Kimiko
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喜生子
きみこ · Kimiko
喜rejoice, take pleasure in生life, genuine, birth子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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喜美子
きみこ · Kimiko
喜rejoice, take pleasure in美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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喜見子
きみこ · Kimiko
喜rejoice, take pleasure in見see, hopes, chances, idea子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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基巳子
きみこ · Kimiko
基fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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基弥子
きみこ · Kimiko
基fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation弥all the more, increasingly子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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基美子
きみこ · Kimiko
基fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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壽美子
きみこ · Kimiko
壽longevity, congratulations美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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妃実子
きみこ · Kimiko
妃queen, princess実reality, truth, seed, fruit子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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妃美子
きみこ · Kimiko
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妃見子
きみこ · Kimiko
妃queen, princess見see, hopes, chances, idea子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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嬉美子
きみこ · Kimiko
嬉glad, pleased, rejoice美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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嬉見子
きみこ · Kimiko
嬉glad, pleased, rejoice見see, hopes, chances, idea子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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季三子
きみこ · Kimiko
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季実子
きみこ · Kimiko
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季己子
きみこ · Kimiko
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季巳子
きみこ · Kimiko
季seasons巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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季未子
きみこ · Kimiko
季seasons未un-, not yet, hitherto, still子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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季水子
きみこ · Kimiko
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季美子
きみこ · Kimiko
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季見子
きみこ · Kimiko
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岐味子
きみこ · Kimiko
岐branch off, fork in road, scene, arena味flavor, taste子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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岐美子
きみこ · Kimiko
岐branch off, fork in road, scene, arena美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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己実こ
きみこ · Kimiko
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己実子
きみこ · Kimiko
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己美こ
きみこ · Kimiko
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己美子
きみこ · Kimiko
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希三子
きみこ · Kimiko
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希充子
きみこ · Kimiko
希hope, beg, request, pray充allot, fill子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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希光子
きみこ · Kimiko
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希実子
きみこ · Kimiko
希hope, beg, request, pray実reality, truth, seed, fruit子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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希己子
きみこ · Kimiko
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希巳子
きみこ · Kimiko
希hope, beg, request, pray巳sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM, sixth sign of Chinese zodiac子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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希弥子
きみこ · Kimiko
希hope, beg, request, pray弥all the more, increasingly子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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希望子
きみこ · Kimiko
希hope, beg, request, pray望ambition, full moon, hope, desire子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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希未子
きみこ · Kimiko
希hope, beg, request, pray未un-, not yet, hitherto, still子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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希民子
きみこ · Kimiko
希hope, beg, request, pray民people, nation, subjects子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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希水子
きみこ · Kimiko
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希示子
きみこ · Kimiko
希hope, beg, request, pray示show, indicate, point out, express子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
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希美子
きみこ · Kimiko
希hope, beg, request, pray美beauty, beautiful子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Same writing, other recorded reading
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
希見子
きみこ · Kimiko
希hope, beg, request, pray見see, hopes, chances, idea子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
希規子
きみこ · Kimiko
希hope, beg, request, pray規standard, measure子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2
Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 168 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 166 distinct written spellings.
Spelling comparator
Compare Kimiko 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.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| きみこ | きみこ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| キミコ | キミコ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| キミ子 | キミこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| きみ子 | きみこ | 子 — child, sign of the rat | 3 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| き実子 | きみこ | 実 — reality, truth · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| き美子 | きみこ | 美 — beauty, beautiful · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 12 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 乾子 | きみこ | 乾 — drought, dry · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亀実子 | きみこ | 亀 — tortoise, turtle · 実 — reality, truth · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 亀美子 | きみこ | 亀 — tortoise, turtle · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 仁子 | きみこ | 仁 — humanity, virtue · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 7 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 企実子 | きみこ | 企 — undertake, scheme · 実 — reality, truth · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 企弥子 | きみこ | 企 — undertake, scheme · 弥 — all the more, increasingly · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 企美子 | きみこ | 企 — undertake, scheme · 美 — beauty, beautiful · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伎実子 | きみこ | 伎 — deed, skill · 実 — reality, truth · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伎王子 | きみこ | 伎 — deed, skill · 王 — king, rule · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 13 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 伎益子 | きみこ | 伎 — deed, skill · 益 — benefit, gain · 子 — child, sign of the rat | 19 | All 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 Kimiko 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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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
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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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