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Kanji for Hermitage
The kanji for “hermitage” is 庵, read an and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
庵
hermitage
A small hermitage or retreat.
11 strokes On reading アン (an) Kun reading いおり、いお (iori, io)
Dictionary meanings: hermitage, retreat
Readings used for names on Nazuke: an
In Japan it appears in about 100 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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