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Kanji for Bud
The kanji for “bud” is 蕾, read rai and written in 16 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
蕾
bud
A flower bud, full of promise before it blooms.
16 strokes On reading ライ (rai) Kun reading つぼみ (tsubomi)
Dictionary meanings: bud (plants, mushrooms not yet opened)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: rai
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