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Kanji for Bloom
The kanji for “bloom” is 咲, read shou and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
bloom
To bloom; flowers opening in spring.
9 strokes On reading ショウ (shou) Kun reading さく、ざき (saku, zaki) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: blossom, bloom
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sa, saki, saku
In Japan it appears in about 1,259 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 咲: Isa 生咲 · Luisa 瑠唯咲 · Sacha 咲茶 · Sasha 咲紗 · Bertha 羽咲 · Luther 瑠咲 · Savanna 咲羽凪 · Tabitha 楽備咲 · Salvatore 咲留羽鳥
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