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Kanji for Legacy
The kanji for “legacy” is 伝, read den and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
legacy
To pass something on; carrying a story or tradition into the future.
6 strokes On reading デン、テン (den, ten) Kun reading つたわる、つたえる、つたう (tsutawaru, tsutaeru, tsutau) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report
Readings used for names on Nazuke: tsuta, den
In Japan it appears in about 87 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 伝: Dimple 伝葉瑠 · Geraldine 慈永良瑠伝 · Ferdinand 葉伝南道
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