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Kanji for Drum
The kanji for “drum” is 鼓, read ko and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
鼓
drum
A drum that sets the rhythm and stirs people's hearts.
The tsuzumi (鼓) is the hand drum of Noh theater.
13 strokes On reading コ (ko) Kun reading つづみ (tsuzumi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: drum, beat, rouse, muster
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ko
In Japan it appears in about 123 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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