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Kanji for Grove
The kanji for “grove” is 杜, read to and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
杜
grove
A sacred grove around a shrine.
7 strokes On reading ト、トウ、ズ (to, tou, zu) Kun reading もり、ふさぐ、やまなし (mori, fusagu, yamanashi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: woods, grove
Readings used for names on Nazuke: to, mori
In Japan it appears in about 146 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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