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Kanji for Nurture
The kanji for “nurture” is 育, read iku and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
育
nurture
To raise and nurture; growing up well.
8 strokes On reading イク (iku) Kun reading そだつ、そだち、そだてる (sodatsu, sodachi, sodateru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: bring up, grow up, raise, rear
Readings used for names on Nazuke: iku, yasu
In Japan it appears in about 204 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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