Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Mariko

マリコ

Female-classified given-name records.

まりこマリコMariko

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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 spellings110

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows112

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Mariko

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まりこ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマリコ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMariko

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

Mora segmentationま · り · こ

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

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Reading profile

How Mariko 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

まりこ · マリコ · マリこ

Kanji-based spellings110

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 forms3

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms16

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms91

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

まりこ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms110

112 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms5

5 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 112

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
まりこMariko	110112 source rows	female 112source rows · distinct forms: female 110	55 source rows
まりこMariko	00 source rows	—source rows · distinct forms: —	00 source rows
まりこMariko	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 Mariko

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 data110

3–37 strokes observed span

Median total strokes23

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms110

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
まりこ	Mariko	3	112

Recurring first-position kanji

真true, reality16 forms 万ten thousand, 10,00014 forms 麻hemp, flax12 forms 茉jasmine11 forms 満full, fullness6 forms 摩chafe, rub5 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

子child, sign of the rat93 forms 湖lake10 forms 瑚ancestral offering receptacle, coral2 forms 女woman, female1 form 胡barbarian, foreign1 form 衡equilibrium, measuring rod1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

里子16 analyzed forms 理子12 analyzed forms 利子10 analyzed forms 璃子7 analyzed forms 莉子6 analyzed forms 梨子5 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.

Written forms checked80

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings15

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading63

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set12

distinct kana readings for one displayed writing

理子

12 source-recorded readings

Ayakoあやこ Osakoおさこ Satokoさとこ Satoshiさとし Takakoたかこ Norikoのりこ

聖子

12 source-recorded readings

Kiyokoきよこ Satakoさたこ Satokoさとこ Shōkoしょうこ Seikoせいこ Takakoたかこ

典子

8 source-recorded readings

Tsunekoつねこ Tenkoてんこ Tomokoともこ Norikoのりこ FumikoふみこMarikoまりこ · this page

希子

8 source-recorded readings

KikoきこNozokoのぞこNozomiのぞみ Norikoのりこ HidekoひでこMarikoまりこ · this page

海子

7 source-recorded readings

Amakoあまこ Unakoうなこ Umikoうみこ Kaikoかいこ Kaishiかいし Hirokoひろこ

宣子

5 source-recorded readings

Senkoせんこ Nobukoのぶこ NorikoのりこMarikoまりこ · this pageYoshikoよしこ

球子

3 source-recorded readings

Kyūkoきゅうこ TamakoたまこMarikoまりこ · this page

万里子

2 source-recorded readings

Marikoまりこ · this pageMarineまりね

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 Mariko 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	93	0	93	0	3	い, き, ぎ, く +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
里	ri, village, parent's home	18	0	0	18	7	さ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
理	logic, arrangement, reason	17	1	0	16	11	あや, おさむ, さと, さとる +12	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	16	16	0	0	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
万	ten thousand, 10,000	14	14	0	0	3	かず, ま, ゆる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
麻	hemp, flax, numb	12	12	0	0	11	あ, あざ, お	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
茉	jasmine	11	11	0	0	8	み	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
湖	lake	10	0	10	0	12	うみ, み	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
利	profit, advantage, benefit	10	0	0	10	7	かが, と, とし, のり +2	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
璃	glassy, lapis lazuli	7	0	0	7	15	あき	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
李	plum	6	0	0	6	7	もも, い	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
莉	jasmine	6	1	0	5	10	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marikoまりこ · this page

Characters in order

万ten thousand, 10,000李plum湖lake

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 112. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

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Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Mariko 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-1AM93 of 112 analyzed forms 里ri, village, parent's home18 of 112 analyzed forms 理logic, arrangement, reason17 of 112 analyzed forms 真true, reality, Buddhist sect16 of 112 analyzed forms 万ten thousand, 10,00014 of 112 analyzed forms 麻hemp, flax, numb12 of 112 analyzed forms 茉jasmine11 of 112 analyzed forms 湖lake10 of 112 analyzed forms 利profit, advantage, benefit10 of 112 analyzed forms 璃glassy, lapis lazuli7 of 112 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Mariko

112 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading まりこ. 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.

マリコ

マリコ · Mariko

Katakana マリコMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling

Spelling	One source reading	Character-level glosses	Total strokes	Loaded character class
マリコ	マリコ	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
まりこ	まりこ	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
マリ子	マリこ	子 — child, sign of the rat	3	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
まり子	まりこ	子 — child, sign of the rat	3	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
まり湖	まりこ	湖 — lake	12	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万倫子	まりこ	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 倫 — ethics, companion · 子 — child, sign of the rat	16	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万凜子	まりこ	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 凜 — cold, strict · 子 — child, sign of the rat	21	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万利子	まりこ	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 利 — profit, advantage · 子 — child, sign of the rat	13	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万律子	まりこ	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 律 — rhythm, law · 子 — child, sign of the rat	15	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万李湖	まりこ	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 李 — plum · 湖 — lake	22	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万梨子	まりこ	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 梨 — pear tree · 子 — child, sign of the rat	17	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万理子	まりこ	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 理 — logic, arrangement · 子 — child, sign of the rat	17	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万理湖	まりこ	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 理 — logic, arrangement · 湖 — lake	26	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万璃子	まりこ	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 璃 — glassy, lapis lazuli · 子 — child, sign of the rat	21	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万莉子	まりこ	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 莉 — jasmine · 子 — child, sign of the rat	16	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万里女	まりこ	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 里 — ri, village · 女 — woman, female	13	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

Mariko

Extended source depth

How to read Mariko

How Mariko is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Mariko

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Mariko spellings

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マリコ

まりこ

マリ子

まり子

まり湖

万倫子

万凜子

万利子

万律子

万李湖

Kanji recurring across Mariko spellings

Explore written forms of Mariko

マリコ

まりこ

マリ子

まり子

まり湖

万倫子

万凜子

万利子

万律子

万李湖

万梨子

万理子

万理湖

万璃子

万莉子

万里女

万里子

万鯉子

万麗子

丸子

信理子

全利子

典子

匡里子

天理子

実里子

宣子

希子

摩利子

摩理子

摩璃子

摩莉子

摩里子

昌利子

昌里子

末利子

末里子

桃李子

槙里子

正里子

毬子

毬胡

海子

満利子

満李子

満理子

満璃子

満里子

満里瑚

球子

球理子

球衡

理子

眞梨子

眞理子

眞里子

真倫子

真凛子

真利子