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Kanji for Fine silk
The kanji for “fine silk” is 羅, read ra and written in 19 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
fine silk
Thin, shimmering silk; also used in names for its sound.
19 strokes On reading ラ (ra) Kun reading うすもの (usumono) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: gauze, thin silk, Rome, arrange, spread out
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ra
In Japan it appears in about 578 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 羅: Tara 楽羅 · Sara 冴羅 · Sarah 冴羅 · Ila 生羅 · Dora 道羅 · Lala 良羅 · Lara 良羅 · Lula 瑠羅 · Lura 瑠羅 · Nila 新羅 · Beula 歩羅 · Chara 茶羅 and 10 more
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