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Kanji for Healthy
The kanji for “healthy” is 健, read ken and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
健
healthy
Healthy, strong and full of life.
11 strokes On reading ケン (ken) Kun reading すこやか (sukoyaka) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: healthy, health, strength, persistence
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ken, take
In Japan it appears in about 317 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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