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Kanji for Classic
The kanji for “classic” is 典, read ten and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
classic
A classic and a model to follow; refined and timeless.
8 strokes On reading テン、デン (ten, den) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: code, ceremony, law, rule
Readings used for names on Nazuke: suke, tsune, ten, nori
In Japan it appears in about 551 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 典: Eden 生典 · Alden 明瑠典 · Denver 典羽 · Brayden 歩礼典
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