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Kanji for Ascent
The kanji for “ascent” is 登, read tou and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
登
ascent
To climb higher, step by step, toward the summit.
12 strokes On reading トウ、ト、ドウ (tou, to, dou) Kun reading のぼる、あがる (noboru, agaru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: ascend, climb up
Readings used for names on Nazuke: to, tou
In Japan it appears in about 652 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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