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Kanji for Lake
The kanji for “lake” is 湖, read ko and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
lake
A still lake that mirrors the sky.
12 strokes On reading コ (ko) Kun reading みずうみ (mizuumi) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: lake
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ko, mi
In Japan it appears in about 495 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 湖: Jacob 慈英湖歩 · Scott 寿湖音 · Connor 湖七 · Dakota 舵湖楽 · Nicholas 新湖良寿 · Coy 湖生 · Cora 湖良 · Echo 恵湖 · Kory 湖里 · Rico 里湖 · Scot 寿湖音 · Yoko 陽湖 and 48 more
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