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Kanji for Good omen
The kanji for “good omen” is 祥, read shou and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
good omen
A good omen; happiness to come.
10 strokes On reading ショウ (shou) Kun reading さいわい、きざし、よい (saiwai, kizashi, yoi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: auspicious, happiness, blessedness, good omen, good fortune
Readings used for names on Nazuke: aki, sachi, shou, yoshi
In Japan it appears in about 426 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 祥: Sean 祥 · Shawn 祥 · Chau 祥 · Shaun 祥 · Shawnee 祥新 · Shon 祥 · Asuncion 明燦祥
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