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Kanji for Fragrant
The kanji for “fragrant” is 芳, read hou and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
fragrant
Sweet fragrance; a good name that spreads far.
7 strokes On reading ホウ (hou) Kun reading かんばしい (kanbashii) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: perfume, balmy, favorable, fragrant
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ha, hou, yoshi
In Japan it appears in about 656 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 芳: Jennifer 慈笑新芳 · Abraham 英歩良芳睦 · Alfonso 安瑠芳礎 · Alfonzo 安瑠芳礎 · Alphonso 安瑠芳礎 · Jefferson 慈笑芳尊 · Stephania 寿知芳新明 · Paul 芳瑠 · Piper 晴生芳 · Harper 葉芳 · Porter 芳楽 · Portia 芳紗 and 6 more
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