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Kanji for Constant
The kanji for “constant” is 常, read jou and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
常
constant
Always and unchanging; someone you can rely on.
11 strokes On reading ジョウ (jou) Kun reading つね、とこ (tsune, toko) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: usual, ordinary, normal, common, regular
Readings used for names on Nazuke: jou, tsune
In Japan it appears in about 282 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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