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Japanese given name

Tsugumi

つぐみ

Given-name classification varies across source records.

つぐみツグミTsugumi
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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 spellings84

group-level written forms

Source spelling/reading rows84

records contributing to this reading group

Coverage levelExtended

based only on the imported source footprint

Pronunciation & romanization

How to read Tsugumi

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つぐみ

Normalized to hiragana for comparison.

Katakana formツグミ

The same reading converted to katakana.

RomanizationTsugumi

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

Mora segmentationつ · ぐ · み

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

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Reading profile

How Tsugumi 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

つぐみ · ツグみ

Kanji-based spellings83

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 forms5

recorded spellings

2-kanji forms67

recorded spellings

3-kanji forms11

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

つぐみ in the imported JMnedict corpus

Given-name written forms92

95 source spelling/reading rows

Surname written forms6

6 source spelling/reading rows

Given-name labelsfemale 94 · unspecified 1

row counts carrying each JMnedict source label

Exact readingGiven-name evidenceGiven-name labelsSurname evidence
つぐみTsugumi9295 source rowsfemale 94 · unspecified 1source rows · distinct forms: female 91 · unspecified 166 source rows
つぐみTsugumi00 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 Tsugumi

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 data83

5–32 strokes observed span

Median total strokes18

among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data

All-kanji name-classified forms82

all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes

Other/unclassified kanji forms1

contains at least one character outside that loaded classification

Source-reading distribution
ReadingRomanizationMoraeForms
つぐみTsugumi384
Recurring adjacent kanji sequences
亜紅2 analyzed forms紅実2 analyzed forms紅美2 analyzed forms月久2 analyzed forms久美2 analyzed forms月紅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?

38 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 readings38

exact written forms with 2+ source readings

Single recorded reading42

within this active given-name corpus

Largest reading set52

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 Tsugumi 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.

KanjiCharacter glossesFormsFirstFinalInternalSoloStrokesKANJIDIC2 nanoriLoaded class
美beauty, beautiful26125009はる, よし, よしみ, りJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
実reality, truth, seed18018008ぐみ, さねJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3
亜Asia, rank next, come after12120007や, つぎ, つぐJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
月month, moon12110104おと, がっ, す, ずき +1Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
未un-, not yet, hitherto505005—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4
継inherit, succeed, continue4310013—Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
二two, two radical (no. 7)440002おと, つぐ, つぎ, にい +5Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1
珠pearl, gem, jewel4040010す, とも, ま, みJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
紅crimson, deep red400409くれ, もみJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6
緒thong, beginning, inception4400014ほJōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8
胤descendent, issue, offspring440009つぎ, つぐ, かずJinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9
麗lovely, beautiful, graceful4400019ま, よし, り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

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.

Exact written form

つぐみ

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Source-recorded full-name readings in this name class
Tsugumiつぐみ · this page
Characters in order
つKanaぐKanaみKana

Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 84. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.

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Corpus pattern

Kanji recurring across Tsugumi 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.

美beauty, beautiful26 of 84 analyzed forms実reality, truth, seed18 of 84 analyzed forms亜Asia, rank next, come after12 of 84 analyzed forms月month, moon12 of 84 analyzed forms未un-, not yet, hitherto5 of 84 analyzed forms継inherit, succeed, continue4 of 84 analyzed forms二two, two radical (no. 7)4 of 84 analyzed forms珠pearl, gem, jewel4 of 84 analyzed forms紅crimson, deep red4 of 84 analyzed forms緒thong, beginning, inception4 of 84 analyzed forms
Same reading, different writing

Explore written forms of Tsugumi

84 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading つぐみ. 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.

つぐみ

つぐみ · Tsugumi

Katakana ツグミMorae 3Strokes —

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

Character-set checkKana spelling
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Showing the first 80 spelling/reading records out of 84 loaded records for this reading group. The group contains 84 distinct written spellings.

Spelling comparator

Compare Tsugumi 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.

SpellingOne source readingCharacter-level glossesTotal strokesLoaded character class
つぐみつぐみKana-only spelling—Kana spelling
つぐ実つぐみ実 — reality, truth8All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
ツグ美ツグみ美 — beauty, beautiful9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
世継つぐみ世 — generation, world · 継 — inherit, succeed18All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
世美つぐみ世 — generation, world · 美 — beauty, beautiful14All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
乙実つぐみ乙 — the latter, duplicate · 実 — reality, truth9All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
乙心つぐみ乙 — the latter, duplicate · 心 — heart, mind5All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
乙美つぐみ乙 — the latter, duplicate · 美 — beauty, beautiful10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二三つぐみ二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 三 — three5All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二実つぐみ二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 実 — reality, truth10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二珠つぐみ二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 珠 — pearl, gem12All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
二美つぐみ二 — two, two radical (no. 7) · 美 — beauty, beautiful11All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜子つぐみ亜 — Asia, rank next · 子 — child, sign of the rat10All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜実つぐみ亜 — Asia, rank next · 実 — reality, truth15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜弥つぐみ亜 — Asia, rank next · 弥 — all the more, increasingly15All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified
亜心つぐみ亜 — Asia, rank next · 心 — heart, mind11All 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 Tsugumi 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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Exact reading

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美 — beauty, beautiful

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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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