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Kanji for Calligraphy
The kanji for “calligraphy” is 書, read sho and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
書
calligraphy
Writing and calligraphy (書道), the art of the brush.
10 strokes On reading ショ (sho) Kun reading かく、がき (kaku, gaki) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: write
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sho
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