Kanji meanings › Camphor
Kanji for Camphor
The kanji for “camphor” is 楠, read nan and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
camphor
The camphor tree, sacred and long-lived.
13 strokes On reading ナン、ダン、ゼン (nan, dan, zen) Kun reading くす、くすのき (kusu, kusunoki) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: camphor tree
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kusu, nan
In Japan it appears in about 91 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 楠: Alex 安礼楠 · Felix 恵里楠 · August 安楠音 · Brooks 歩瑠楠 · Gustavo 楠楽慕 · Maxwell 真楠得 · Demarcus 知真楠 · Augustine 安楠知 · Dexter 知楠楽
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