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Kanji for Forgive
The kanji for “forgive” is 宥, read yuu and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
宥
forgive
To soothe and forgive; a kind, calming person.
9 strokes On reading ユウ (yuu) Kun reading なだめる、ゆるす (nadameru, yurusu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: soothe, calm, pacify
Readings used for names on Nazuke: yuu
In Japan it appears in about 157 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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