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Kanji for Have
The kanji for “have” is 有, read yuu and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
have
To have and to be; existence.
6 strokes On reading ユウ、ウ (yuu, u) Kun reading ある (aru) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: possess, have, exist, happen, occur
Readings used for names on Nazuke: a, ari, u, yuu
In Japan it appears in about 1,541 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 有: Alicia 有詩安 · Alix 有久寿 · Ariel 有恵瑠 · Alysia 有詩安 · Ariana 有安七 · Arianna 有安七 · January 慈新有 · Maryalice 毬有寿
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