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Kanji for Healing
The kanji for “healing” is 癒, read yu and written in 18 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
癒
healing
Healing and comfort; someone who soothes others.
18 strokes On reading ユ (yu) Kun reading いえる、いやす (ieru, iyasu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: healing, cure, quench (thirst), wreak
Readings used for names on Nazuke: yu
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