Canonical reference record

JMnedict-backedKANJIDIC2 character context

Japanese given name

Shimae

しまえ

Female-classified given-name records.

しまえシマエShimae

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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 spellings16

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows16

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Shimae

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しまえ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formシマエ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationShimae

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

Mora segmentationし · ま · え

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

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Reading profile

How Shimae 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 readings2

しまえ · シマえ

Kanji-based spellings15

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-only1

recorded spelling

1-kanji forms2

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms3

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms10

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

しまえ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms16

16 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms1

1 source spelling/reading row

Given-name labelsfemale 16

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact reading	Given-name evidence	Given-name labels	Surname evidence
しまえShimae	1616 source rows	female 16source rows · distinct forms: female 16	11 source row
しまえShimae	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 Shimae

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 data15

7–31 strokes observed span

Median total strokes21

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms15

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
しまえ	Shimae	3	16

Recurring first-position kanji

志intention, plan11 forms 島island3 forms

Recurring final-position kanji

枝bough, branch4 forms 江creek, inlet4 forms 恵favor, blessing3 forms 絵picture, drawing3 forms

Recurring adjacent kanji sequences

志万3 analyzed forms 志茉3 analyzed forms 志真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 16 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 checked16

distinct spellings displayed on this page

Multiple recorded readings0

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading16

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 Shimae 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
志	intention, plan, resolve	11	11	0	0	7	じん, べ, べし, ゆき	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
枝	bough, branch, twig	4	0	4	0	8	え, ぐさ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5
江	creek, inlet, bay	4	0	4	0	6	くん, とうみ, み, りえ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
島	island	3	3	0	0	10	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
恵	favor, blessing, grace	3	0	3	0	10	あや, け, さと, さとし +4	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
万	ten thousand, 10,000	3	0	0	3	3	かず, ま, ゆる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
絵	picture, drawing, painting	3	0	3	0	12	—	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2
茉	jasmine	3	0	0	3	8	み	Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
真	true, reality, Buddhist sect	2	0	0	2	10	さな, さね, ただ, ただし +11	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
満	full, fullness, enough	1	0	0	1	12	ま, みち, みつ, みつる	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
磨	grind, polish, scour	1	0	0	1	16	おさむ	Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8

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

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Exact written form

しまえ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimaeしまえ · this page

Characters in order

しKanaまKanaえKana

Exact written form

シマ枝

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimaeしまえ · this page

Characters in order

シKanaマKana枝bough, branch

Exact written form

島恵

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimaeしまえ · this page

Characters in order

島island恵favor, blessing

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島枝

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimaeしまえ · this page

Characters in order

島island枝bough, branch

Exact written form

島江

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimaeしまえ · this page

Characters in order

島island江creek, inlet

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志まへ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimaeしまえ · this page

Characters in order

志intention, planまKanaへKana

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志万恵

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimaeしまえ · this page

Characters in order

志intention, plan万ten thousand, 10,000恵favor, blessing

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志万江

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimaeしまえ · this page

Characters in order

志intention, plan万ten thousand, 10,000江creek, inlet

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志万絵

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimaeしまえ · this page

Characters in order

志intention, plan万ten thousand, 10,000絵picture, drawing

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志満恵

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class

Shimaeしまえ · this page

Characters in order

志intention, plan満full, fullness恵favor, blessing

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 16. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

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Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Shimae 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.

志intention, plan, resolve11 of 16 analyzed forms 枝bough, branch, twig4 of 16 analyzed forms 江creek, inlet, bay4 of 16 analyzed forms 島island3 of 16 analyzed forms 恵favor, blessing, grace3 of 16 analyzed forms 万ten thousand, 10,0003 of 16 analyzed forms 絵picture, drawing, painting3 of 16 analyzed forms 茉jasmine3 of 16 analyzed forms 真true, reality, Buddhist sect2 of 16 analyzed forms

Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Shimae

16 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading しまえ. 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.

しまえ

しまえ · Shimae

Katakana シマエMorae 3Strokes —

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

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