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Kanji for Brightness
The kanji for “brightness” is 明, read mei and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
brightness
Light that clears the dark; bright, clear and open.
It combines the sun 日 and the moon 月.
8 strokes On reading メイ、ミョウ、ミン (mei, myou, min) Kun reading あかり、あかるい、あかるむ (akari, akarui, akarumu) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: bright, light
Readings used for names on Nazuke: a, aki, haru, min, me, mei
In Japan it appears in about 1,934 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 明: Megan 明雅 · Andrea 安道礼明 · Jasmine 慈寿明 · Benjamin 縁慈明 · Alexandria 安礼久山道里明 · Min 明 · Aria 安里明 · Macy 明詩 · Ming 明久 · Minh 明 · Adria 安道里明 · Aurea 安羽怜明 and 433 more
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