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Kanji for Close
The kanji for “close” is 親, read shin and written in 16 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
close
Close and dear; warm family ties.
16 strokes On reading シン (shin) Kun reading おや、したしい、したしむ (oya, shitashii, shitashimu) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shin, chika
In Japan it appears in about 234 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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