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Kanji for Bell
The kanji for “bell” is 鈴, read rei and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
bell
A small bell, rung at shrines to call the gods.
13 strokes On reading レイ、リン (rei, rin) Kun reading すず (suzu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: small bell, buzzer
Readings used for names on Nazuke: suzu, rin, rei
In Japan it appears in about 646 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 鈴: Brooklyn 歩瑠玖鈴 · Franklyn 文藍久玖鈴 · Rosalind 路冴鈴道
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