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Kanji for Keen
The kanji for “keen” is 利, read ri and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
利
keen
Sharp and clever; bringing benefit.
7 strokes On reading リ (ri) Kun reading きく (kiku) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: profit, advantage, benefit
Readings used for names on Nazuke: toshi, ri
In Japan it appears in about 1,643 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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