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Kanji for Apricot
The kanji for “apricot” is 杏, read kyou and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
杏
apricot
The apricot and its pale spring blossoms.
7 strokes On reading キョウ、アン、コウ (kyou, an, kou) Kun reading あんず (anzu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: apricot
Readings used for names on Nazuke: an, kyou
In Japan it appears in about 672 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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