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Kanji for Great swan
The kanji for “great swan” is 鴻, read kou and written in 17 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
great swan
A large wild goose; great ambition.
17 strokes On reading コウ、ゴウ (kou, gou) Kun reading おおとり、ひしくい、おおがり (ootori, hishikui, oogari) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: large bird, wild goose, large, great, powerful
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kou
In Japan it appears in about 71 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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