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Kanji for Gold
The kanji for “gold” is 黄, read kou and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
黄
gold
Yellow and gold; brightness and wealth.
11 strokes On reading コウ、オウ (kou, ou) Kun reading き、こ (ki, ko) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: yellow
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ou, ki, kou
In Japan it appears in about 109 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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