Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Kurina

くり菜

Female-classified given-name records.

くりなクリナKurina

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Reference coverage

Standard source depth

This reading group has enough source-recorded spelling and record depth for the main reference library. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.

Distinct recorded spellings5

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows5

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelStandard

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Kurina

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くりな

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formクリナ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationKurina

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

Mora segmentationく · り · な

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

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Reading profile

How Kurina 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 readings1

くりな

Kanji-based spellings5

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

1-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms1

recorded spelling

3-kanji forms3

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

くりな in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms6

6 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms0

0 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 6

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
くりなKurina	66 source rows	female 6source rows · distinct forms: female 6	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 Kurina

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 data5

11–21 strokes observed span

Median total strokes18

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms5

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
くりな	Kurina	3	5

Recurring first-position kanji

久long time, old story2 forms 九nine1 form 栗chestnut1 form

Recurring final-position kanji

菜vegetable, side dish3 forms 奈Nara, what?2 forms

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

久里2 analyzed forms 里菜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?

None of the 5 displayed written forms has a second given-name reading in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.

Written forms checked5

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings0

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading5

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set1

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

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 Kurina 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
菜	vegetable, side dish, greens	3	0	3	0	11	よう	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
里	ri, village, parent's home	3	0	0	3	7	さ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
久	long time, old story	2	2	0	0	3	きゅ, わ, なが, ひさ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
奈	Nara, what?	2	0	2	0	8	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
九	nine	1	1	0	0	2	いちじく, いちのく, この, ひさし	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
栗	chestnut	1	1	0	0	10	くる, りっ	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

くりな · Kurina

Katakana クリナMorae 3Strokes 18

栗chestnut 奈Nara, what?

Character-set checkAll kanji are classified as jōyō/jinmeiyō in KANJIDIC2

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Spelling comparator

Compare Kurina 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
くり菜	くりな	菜 — vegetable, side dish	11	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久里奈	くりな	久 — long time, old story · 里 — ri, village · 奈 — Nara, what?	18	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
久里菜	くりな	久 — long time, old story · 里 — ri, village · 菜 — vegetable, side dish	21	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
九里菜	くりな	九 — nine · 里 — ri, village · 菜 — vegetable, side dish	20	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
栗奈	くりな	栗 — chestnut · 奈 — Nara, what?	18	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

What does Kurina 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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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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