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Kanji for Esteem
The kanji for “esteem” is 尚, read shou and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
尚
esteem
To value and respect; still higher, still more.
8 strokes On reading ショウ (shou) Kun reading なお (nao) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: esteem, furthermore, still, yet
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shou, taka, nao, hisa
In Japan it appears in about 626 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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