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Kanji for Chime
The kanji for “chime” is 玲, read rei and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
玲
chime
The clear ring of jade stones; beauty that sounds.
9 strokes On reading レイ (rei) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: sound of jewels
Readings used for names on Nazuke: aki, re, rei
In Japan it appears in about 463 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 玲: Brady 歩玲千 · Irena 生玲凪 · Brayden 歩玲千
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