Kanji meanings › Exclamation
Kanji for Exclamation
The kanji for “exclamation” is 哉, read sai and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
exclamation
An exclamation of wonder, common at the end of boys' names such as Takuya.
9 strokes On reading サイ (sai) Kun reading かな、や (kana, ya) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: how, what, alas, question mark, exclamation mark
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kana, sai, ya
In Japan it appears in about 460 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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