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Kanji for Birch
The kanji for “birch” is 樺, read ka and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
樺
birch
The birch tree, with its white bark in northern forests.
14 strokes On reading カ (ka) Kun reading かば、かんば (kaba, kanba) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: birch, dark red
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ka
In Japan it appears in about 68 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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