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Kanji for Corner
The kanji for “corner” is 阿, read a and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
阿
corner
A character used for its sound “a”, as in 阿弥陀 (Amida Buddha).
8 strokes On reading ア、オ (a, o) Kun reading おもねる、くま (omoneru, kuma) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: Africa, flatter, fawn upon, corner, nook
Readings used for names on Nazuke: a
In Japan it appears in about 1,202 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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