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Kanji for Careful
The kanji for “careful” is 慎, read shin and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
careful
Careful and thoughtful; humble wisdom.
13 strokes On reading シン (shin) Kun reading つつしむ、つつましい、つつし (tsutsushimu, tsutsumashii, tsutsushi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: humility, be careful, discreet, prudent
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shin, nori, mitsu
In Japan it appears in about 104 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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