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Kanji for Ascend
The kanji for “ascend” is 昇, read shou and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
昇
ascend
To rise, like the morning sun.
8 strokes On reading ショウ (shou) Kun reading のぼる (noboru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: rise up
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shou, nori
In Japan it appears in about 175 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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