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Kanji for Home nest
The kanji for “home nest” is 栖, read sei and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
栖
home nest
A nest or a place to rest; a calm home to return to.
10 strokes On reading セイ (sei) Kun reading すむ (sumu)
Dictionary meanings: nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
Readings used for names on Nazuke: su, sumi, sei
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