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Kanji for Heir
The kanji for “heir” is 嗣, read shi and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
嗣
heir
An heir who carries on the family line.
13 strokes On reading シ (shi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: heir, succeed
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shi, tsugu
In Japan it appears in about 284 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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