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Kanji for Dew
The kanji for “dew” is 露, read ro and written in 21 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
露
dew
Morning dew, glittering and fleeting.
21 strokes On reading ロ、ロウ (ro, rou) Kun reading つゆ (tsuyu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: dew, tears, expose, Russia
Readings used for names on Nazuke: tsuyu, ro, rou
In Japan it appears in about 147 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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