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Kanji for Boar
The kanji for “boar” is 亥, read gai and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
亥
boar
The boar of the Chinese zodiac; brave and determined.
6 strokes On reading ガイ、カイ (gai, kai) Kun reading い (i) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: sign of the hog, 9-11PM, twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac
Readings used for names on Nazuke: i, gai
In Japan it appears in about 63 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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