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Kanji for Figure
The kanji for “figure” is 姿, read shi and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
姿
figure
Form and appearance; graceful bearing.
9 strokes On reading シ (shi) Kun reading すがた (sugata) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: figure, form, shape
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shi, shina
In Japan it appears in about 63 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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