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Kanji for Nourish
The kanji for “nourish” is 滋, read ji and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
nourish
To nourish and help things grow; also in 滋賀, home of Japan’s largest lake.
12 strokes On reading ジ、シ (ji, shi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: nourishing, more & more, be luxuriant, planting, turbidity
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shi, shige, ji
In Japan it appears in about 158 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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