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Kanji for Mist
The kanji for “mist” is 霧, read mu and written in 19 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
霧
mist
Mist drifting over mountains; mystery.
19 strokes On reading ム、ボウ、ブ (mu, bou, bu) Kun reading きり (kiri) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: fog, mist
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kiri, mu
In Japan it appears in about 61 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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