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Kanji for Jade
The kanji for “jade” is 琳, read rin and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
琳
jade
The ring of beautiful jade.
Rinpa (琳派) is a celebrated school of Japanese decorative painting.
12 strokes On reading リン (rin) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: jewel, tinkling of jewelry
Readings used for names on Nazuke: rin
In Japan it appears in about 148 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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