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Kanji for Fierce
The kanji for “fierce” is 猛, read mou and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
猛
fierce
Fierce, powerful and bold.
11 strokes On reading モウ (mou) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: fierce, rave, rush, become furious, wildness
Readings used for names on Nazuke: take, mou
In Japan it appears in about 73 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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