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Kanji for Heroic
The kanji for “heroic” is 雄, read yuu and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
雄
heroic
Brave and heroic; a strong spirit.
12 strokes On reading ユウ (yuu) Kun reading お、おす、おん (o, osu, on) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: masculine, male, hero, leader, superiority
Readings used for names on Nazuke: o, yuu
In Japan it appears in about 1,570 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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