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Kanji for Calm
The kanji for “calm” is 鎮, read chin and written in 18 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
calm
To calm and bring peace.
18 strokes On reading チン (chin) Kun reading しずめる、しずまる、おさえ (shizumeru, shizumaru, osae) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: tranquilize, ancient peace-preservation centers
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shige, shizu, shin, chin
In Japan it appears in about 82 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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