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Kanji for Green
The kanji for “green” is 緑, read ryoku and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
green
Fresh green, the color of nature.
14 strokes On reading リョク、ロク (ryoku, roku) Kun reading みどり (midori) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: green
Readings used for names on Nazuke: midori, ryoku, roku
In Japan it appears in about 136 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 緑: Roxy 緑詩 · Roxie 緑詩 · Roxana 緑冴七 · Roxanna 緑冴七 · Roxanne 緑燦
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