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Kanji for Hometown
The kanji for “hometown” is 里, read ri and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
hometown
A village or home ground; the place you come back to.
7 strokes On reading リ (ri) Kun reading さと (sato) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: ri, village, parent's home, league
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ri
In Japan it appears in about 3,593 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 里: Eric 恵里久 · Leah 里安 · Mary 芽安里 · Corey 光里 · Emily 笑里 · Erica 恵里佳 · Erika 恵里佳 · Haley 恵生里 · Julia 寿里安 · Kelly 希里 · Maria 真里安 · Molly 茂里 and 674 more
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