is a feminine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...

of Japanese origin. It can be written with the characters for ''know; wisdom'' (machi) and ''child'' (ko), although it can have a number of other different meanings depending on which

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

characters are used to write it. Machiko may also be written using the

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

writing systems.

Possible writings

*真智子, "true, wisdom, child" *真千子, "true, thousand, child" *真治子, "true, govern, child" *茉千子, "jasmine, thousand, child" *舞稚子, "dance, young, child" *舞地子, "dance, earth, child" *茉茅子, "jasmine, miscanthus, child" *茉智子, "jasmine, wisdom, child"

People with the name

*, Japanese badminton player *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese voice actress *, Japanese actress *, Japanese triathlete * a Japanese noble lady, scholar and memoirist, member of the Ōgimachi family of court nobles during the

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. *, Japanese actress *, better known by her stage name Machico, Japanese singer and voice actress *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese idol and singer *, Japanese manga artist *, Japanese actress and voice actress *, Japanese figure skater and coach

Fictional characters

*, a character from the Japanese newspaper comic strip ''

Sazae-san is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Hasegawa. It was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the , on April 22, 1946. When the ''Asahi Shimbun'' wished to have Hasegawa draw the four-panel comic for thei ...

'' *, main character of the ''

Miss Machiko ''Miss Machiko'', also known as is a manga series written by Takeshi Ebihara. It was serialized in Japan in ''Shōnen Challenge'' from May 1980 through February 1982. The individual chapters were collected and published in eight ''t ...

'' manga and anime series *, protagonist of the ''

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'' novel series

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People with the name

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