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Kanji for Devoted
The kanji for “devoted” is 篤, read toku and written in 16 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
篤
devoted
Sincere, earnest and kind.
16 strokes On reading トク (toku) Kun reading あつい (atsui) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: fervent, kind, cordial, serious, deliberate
Readings used for names on Nazuke: atsu, toku
In Japan it appears in about 199 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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