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Kanji for Bright
The kanji for “bright” is 晃, read kou and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
晃
bright
Bright and shining, like sunlight spreading out.
10 strokes On reading コウ (kou) Kun reading あきらか (akiraka) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: clear
Readings used for names on Nazuke: aki, kou, teru
In Japan it appears in about 446 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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