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Kanji for Bridge
The kanji for “bridge” is 橋, read kyou and written in 16 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
橋
bridge
A bridge connecting people.
16 strokes On reading キョウ (kyou) Kun reading はし (hashi) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: bridge
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kyou, hashi
In Japan it appears in about 67 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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