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Kanji for Fortune
The kanji for “fortune” is 福, read fuku and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
福
fortune
Good fortune and happiness.
Written on New Year decorations to welcome luck.
13 strokes On reading フク (fuku) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
Readings used for names on Nazuke: tomi, fu, fuku, yoshi
In Japan it appears in about 187 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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