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Kanji for Lively
The kanji for “lively” is 活, read katsu and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
活
lively
Lively and active; living fully.
9 strokes On reading カツ (katsu) Kun reading いきる、いかす、いける (ikiru, ikasu, ikeru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
Readings used for names on Nazuke: katsu
In Japan it appears in about 62 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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