Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Mario

マリオ

Recorded with both male and female given-name labels across dictionary entries.

まりおマリオMario

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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 spellings34

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows34

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Mario

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まりお

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formマリオ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationMario

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

Mora segmentationま · り · お

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

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Reading profile

How Mario 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

まりお · マリオ · まりを

Kanji-based spellings32

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 forms1

recorded spelling

2-kanji forms7

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms24

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

まりお in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms33

33 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms1

1 source spelling/reading row

Given-name labelsmale 1 · female 23 · unspecified 9

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
まりおMario	3333 source rows	male 1 · female 23 · unspecified 9source rows · distinct forms: male 1 · female 23 · unspecified 9	11 source row
まりをMario	11 source row	female 1source rows · distinct forms: female 1	00 source rows
まりおMario	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 Mario

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 data32

14–36 strokes observed span

Median total strokes25

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms32

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
まりお	Mario	3	33
まりを	Mario	3	1

Recurring first-position kanji

麻hemp, flax7 forms 万ten thousand, 10,0006 forms 真true, reality5 forms 毬burr, ball4 forms 萬ten thousand, 10,0003 forms 鞠ball3 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

緒thong, beginning9 forms 央center, middle9 forms 夫husband, man6 forms 雄masculine, male3 forms 生life, genuine2 forms 於at, in1 form

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

理央4 analyzed forms 理緒4 analyzed forms 真理4 analyzed forms 万理3 analyzed forms 万里3 analyzed forms 萬里3 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 34 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 checked34

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings0

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading34

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 Mario 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
理	logic, arrangement, reason	12	0	0	12	11	あや, おさむ, さと, さとる +12	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
緒	thong, beginning, inception	9	0	9	0	14	ほ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
央	center, middle	9	0	9	0	5	あきら, え, お, さと +6	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
里	ri, village, parent's home	9	0	0	9	7	さ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
麻	hemp, flax, numb	7	7	0	0	11	あ, あざ, お	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
万	ten thousand, 10,000	6	6	0	0	3	かず, ま, ゆる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
夫	husband, man	6	0	6	0	4	お, と, ゆう, よ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	5	5	0	0	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
毬	burr, ball	4	4	0	0	11	—	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
雄	masculine, male, hero	3	0	3	0	12	かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
萬	ten thousand, 10,000	3	3	0	0	12	かず, ま, ゆる, よし	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10
鞠	ball	3	3	0	0	17	まい	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9

Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Marioまりお · this page

Characters in order

毬burr, ball夫husband, man

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 34. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

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Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Mario 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.

理logic, arrangement, reason12 of 34 analyzed forms 緒thong, beginning, inception9 of 34 analyzed forms 央center, middle9 of 34 analyzed forms 里ri, village, parent's home9 of 34 analyzed forms 麻hemp, flax, numb7 of 34 analyzed forms 万ten thousand, 10,0006 of 34 analyzed forms 夫husband, man6 of 34 analyzed forms 真true, reality, Buddhist sect5 of 34 analyzed forms 毬burr, ball4 of 34 analyzed forms 雄masculine, male, hero3 of 34 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Mario

33 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading まりお. 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.

マリオ

マリオ · Mario

Katakana マリオ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
マリオ	マリオ	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
まりを	まりを	Kana-only spelling	—	Kana spelling
まり緒	まりお	緒 — thong, beginning	14	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万理央	まりお	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 理 — logic, arrangement · 央 — center, middle	19	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万理於	まりお	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 理 — logic, arrangement · 於 — at, in	22	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万理緒	まりお	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 理 — logic, arrangement · 緒 — thong, beginning	28	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万里夫	まりお	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 里 — ri, village · 夫 — husband, man	14	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万里央	まりお	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 里 — ri, village · 央 — center, middle	15	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
万里雄	まりお	万 — ten thousand, 10,000 · 里 — ri, village · 雄 — masculine, male	22	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
毬夫	まりお	毬 — burr, ball · 夫 — husband, man	15	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
毬央	まりお	毬 — burr, ball · 央 — center, middle	16	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
毬生	まりお	毬 — burr, ball · 生 — life, genuine	16	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
毬緒	まりお	毬 — burr, ball · 緒 — thong, beginning	25	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
眞理夫	まりお	眞 — truth, reality · 理 — logic, arrangement · 夫 — husband, man	25	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
真理夫	まりお	真 — true, reality · 理 — logic, arrangement · 夫 — husband, man	25	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
真理央	まりお	真 — true, reality · 理 — logic, arrangement · 央 — center, middle	26	All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified

Mario

Extended source depth

How to read Mario

How Mario is represented

How this reading is classified in the source corpus

Corpus structure behind Mario

Can the same writing be read another way?

How recurring characters function across Mario spellings

Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context

マリオ

まりを

まり緒

万理央

万理於

万理緒

万里夫

万里央

万里雄

毬夫

Kanji recurring across Mario spellings

Explore written forms of Mario

マリオ

まりを

まり緒

万理央

万理於

万理緒

万里夫

万里央

万里雄

毬夫

毬央

毬生

毬緒

眞理夫

真理夫

真理央

真理緒

真理雄

真里緒

茉理央

茉理緒

萬里夫

萬里男

萬里雄

鞠央

鞠生

鞠緒

麻利夫

麻利央

麻理央

麻理緒

麻莉桜

麻里央

麻里緒

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緒 — thong, beginning

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