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Kanji for General
The kanji for “general” is 将, read shou and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
将
general
A commander who leads from the front.
10 strokes On reading ショウ、ソウ (shou, sou) Kun reading まさに、はた、まさ (masani, hata, masa) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: leader, commander, general, admiral, or
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shou, masa
In Japan it appears in about 241 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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