group-level written forms
Shīna
シーナ
Given-name classification varies across source records.
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
How to read Shīna
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: Shiina. 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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How Shīna 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.
しいな · シーナ
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
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.
しいな in the imported JMnedict corpus
52 source spelling/reading rows
8 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| じーなJīna | 23 source rows | female 3source rows · distinct forms: female 2 | 00 source rows |
| しいなShīna | 5152 source rows | female 51 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 50 · unspecified 1 | 88 source rows |
| しーなShīna | 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.
Corpus structure behind Shīna
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.
8–34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| しいな | Shīna | 3 | 45 |
| しーな | Shīna | 3 | 1 |
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.
Can the same writing be read another way?
14 of 46 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
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.
How recurring characters function across Shīna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 奈 | Nara, what? | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 菜 | vegetable, side dish, greens | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 11 | よう | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 衣 | garment, clothes, dressing | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 詩 | poem, poetry | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
| 椎 | chinquapin, mallet, spine | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | しい | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 紫 | purple, violet | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | さい, ゆかり | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 志 | intention, plan, resolve | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | じん, べ, べし, ゆき | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 花 | flower | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | わ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 那 | what? | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | とも, やす | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 海 | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 10 |
| 稲 | rice plant | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | いの, しね, せ, な | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 思 | think | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.
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.
シーナ
しいな
しい奈
史衣奈
吉寺菜
巳衣奈
幸花
志依奈
志奈
志稲
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 46. 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.
Kanji recurring across Shīna 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.
Explore written forms of Shīna
45 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading しいな. 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.
シーナ
シーナ · Shīna
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
しいな
しいな · Shīna
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
しい奈
しいな · Shīna
史衣奈
しいな · Shīna
吉寺菜
しいな · Shīna
巳衣奈
しいな · Shīna
幸花
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
志依奈
しいな · Shīna
志奈
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
志稲
しいな · Shīna
志衣奈
しいな · Shīna
志衣菜
しいな · Shīna
思惟奈
しいな · Shīna
思意奈
しいな · Shīna
新菜
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
枝衣奈
しいな · Shīna
枝衣菜
しいな · Shīna
梓奈
しいな · Shīna
梓那
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
椎
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
椎名
しいな · Shīna
椎奈
しいな · Shīna
椎汝
しいな · Shīna
椎苗
しいな · Shīna
椎菜
しいな · Shīna
椎那
しいな · Shīna
海七
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
海奈
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
海花
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
紫夏
しいな · Shīna
紫奈
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
紫異菜
しいな · Shīna
紫稲
しいな · Shīna
紫衣名
しいな · Shīna
紫衣奈
しいな · Shīna
詞菜
しいな · Shīna
詩似菜
しいな · Shīna
詩夏
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
詩奈
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
詩愛
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
詩渚
しいな · Shīna
詩花
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
詩菜
しいな · Shīna
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
詩衣菜
しいな · Shīna
詩那
しいな · Shīna
誌奈
しいな · Shīna
Compare Shīna 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| シーナ | シーナ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| しいな | しいな | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| しい奈 | しいな | 奈 — Nara, what? | 8 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 史衣奈 | しいな | 史 — history, chronicle · 衣 — garment, clothes · 奈 — Nara, what? | 19 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 吉寺菜 | しいな | 吉 — good luck, joy · 寺 — Buddhist temple · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 巳衣奈 | しいな | 巳 — sign of the snake or serpent, 9-11AM · 衣 — garment, clothes · 奈 — Nara, what? | 17 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 幸花 | しいな | 幸 — happiness, blessing · 花 — flower | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 志依奈 | しいな | 志 — intention, plan · 依 — reliant, depend on · 奈 — Nara, what? | 23 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 志奈 | しいな | 志 — intention, plan · 奈 — Nara, what? | 15 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 志稲 | しいな | 志 — intention, plan · 稲 — rice plant | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 志衣奈 | しいな | 志 — intention, plan · 衣 — garment, clothes · 奈 — Nara, what? | 21 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 志衣菜 | しいな | 志 — intention, plan · 衣 — garment, clothes · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 思惟奈 | しいな | 思 — think · 惟 — consider, reflect · 奈 — Nara, what? | 28 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 思意奈 | しいな | 思 — think · 意 — idea, mind · 奈 — Nara, what? | 30 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 新菜 | しいな | 新 — new · 菜 — vegetable, side dish | 24 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 枝衣奈 | しいな | 枝 — bough, branch · 衣 — garment, clothes · 奈 — Nara, what? | 22 | 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 Shīna 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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Explore →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.
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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