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Kanji for Black jade
The kanji for “black jade” is 玖, read kyuu and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
black jade
A beautiful black gemstone; also an elegant way to write “nine.”
7 strokes On reading キュウ、ク (kyuu, ku) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: beautiful black jewel, nine
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ku
In Japan it appears in about 400 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 玖: Greg 久礼玖 · Hank 絆久玖 · Clark 久良玖 · Craig 久怜玖 · Gregg 久礼玖 · Ingrid 音久玖里道 · Franklyn 歩嵐久玖凛 · Eric 恵理玖 · Jack 慈玖 · Luke 瑠玖 · Mark 真玖 · Blake 歩礼玖 and 200 more
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