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Kanji for Next in line
The kanji for “next in line” is 亜, read a and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
next in line
Second only to the best; someone close behind and rising.
In names it is mostly used for its sound “a”, as in 亜美 (Ami).
7 strokes On reading ア (a) Kun reading つぐ (tsugu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: Asia, rank next, come after, -ous
Readings used for names on Nazuke: a
In Japan it appears in about 3,024 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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