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Kanji for Honest
The kanji for “honest” is 直, read choku and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
直
honest
Straight and honest.
8 strokes On reading チョク、ジキ、ジカ (choku, jiki, jika) Kun reading ただちに、なおす、なおる (tadachini, naosu, naoru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
Readings used for names on Nazuke: tada, nao
In Japan it appears in about 643 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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