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Kanji for Dance
The kanji for “dance” is 舞, read bu and written in 15 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
dance
Graceful dance, as in traditional Japanese dance (日本舞踊).
15 strokes On reading ブ (bu) Kun reading まう、まい (mau, mai) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: dance, flit, circle, wheel
Readings used for names on Nazuke: bu, ma, mai
In Japan it appears in about 561 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 舞: Michael 舞希瑠 · Miles 舞瑠寿 · Myles 舞瑠寿 · Elmira 得舞良 · Micheal 舞希瑠 · Michaela 舞希良 · Eve 生舞 · Barb 羽舞 · Barbra 羽舞羅
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