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Kanji for Name
The kanji for “name” is 名, read mei and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
名
name
A name and a good reputation.
6 strokes On reading メイ、ミョウ (mei, myou) Kun reading な (na) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Readings used for names on Nazuke: na
In Japan it appears in about 694 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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