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Kanji for Merit
The kanji for “merit” is 功, read kou and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
功
merit
Achievement earned through hard work.
5 strokes On reading コウ、ク (kou, ku) Kun reading いさお (isao) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
Readings used for names on Nazuke: isa, katsu, ku, kou, nori
In Japan it appears in about 249 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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