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Kanji for Mountain
The kanji for “mountain” is 山, read san and written in 3 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
mountain
A mountain; steady and unmoving.
3 strokes On reading サン、セン (san, sen) Kun reading やま (yama) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: mountain
Readings used for names on Nazuke: san
In Japan it appears in about 444 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 山: Alexandria 安礼久山道里明 · Ethan 生山 · Son 山 · Sun 山 · Thanh 山 · Ruthann 瑠山
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