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Kanji for Appearance
The kanji for “appearance” is 采, read sai and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
采
appearance
Form and bearing; how a person carries themselves.
8 strokes On reading サイ (sai) Kun reading とる、いろどり (toru, irodori) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: dice, form, appearance, take, gather
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sai
In Japan it appears in about 177 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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