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Kanji for Heart
The kanji for “heart” is 心, read shin and written in 4 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
heart
The heart and spirit; feeling and caring deeply.
4 strokes On reading シン (shin) Kun reading こころ、ごころ (kokoro, gokoro) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ko, shin
In Japan it appears in about 913 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 心: Francesco 歩藍千永寿心 · Francisco 文藍詞寿心 · Jacob 慈瑛心歩 · Scott 寿心富 · Dakota 那心楽 · Nicholas 新心良澄 · Coy 心生 · Echo 恵心 · Rico 里心 · Scot 寿心富 · Yoko 陽心 · Yuko 優心 and 45 more
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