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Kanji for Big dipper
The kanji for “big dipper” is 斗, read to and written in 4 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
斗
big dipper
The Big Dipper, the stars that guide travelers.
4 strokes On reading ト、トウ (to, tou) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: Big Dipper, ten sho (vol), sake dipper, dots and cross radical (no. 68)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: to
In Japan it appears in about 356 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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