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Kanji for Benefit
The kanji for “benefit” is 益, read eki and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
益
benefit
To benefit others and increase good.
10 strokes On reading エキ、ヤク (eki, yaku) Kun reading ます (masu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: benefit, gain, profit, advantage
Readings used for names on Nazuke: eki, masu
In Japan it appears in about 184 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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