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Kanji for Chronicle
The kanji for “chronicle” is 紀, read ki and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
紀
chronicle
A record and an era; a life worth writing about.
9 strokes On reading キ (ki) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ki, nori
In Japan it appears in about 1,681 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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