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Kanji for Bold
The kanji for “bold” is 太, read tai and written in 4 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
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Big, broad and strong; a classic ending for boys’ names, as in Kenta and Shōta.
4 strokes On reading タイ、タ (tai, ta) Kun reading ふとい、ふとる (futoi, futoru) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: plump, thick, big around
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ta, tai
In Japan it appears in about 2,167 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
Names written with 太: Sylvester 詞瑠英寿太 · Tyler 太生楽 · Crystal 久里澄太瑠 · Ta 太 · Alta 明瑠太 · Nita 新太 · Tyra 太生楽 · Anita 明新太 · Berta 羽太 · Delta 智瑠太 · Bonita 菩新太 · Buster 羽澄太 and 44 more
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