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Kanji for Of
The kanji for “of” is 乃, read nai and written in 2 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
of
A classic, gentle particle loved in names for its soft sound.
2 strokes On reading ナイ、ダイ、ノ (nai, dai, no) Kun reading の、すなわち、なんじ (no, sunawachi, nanji) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly
Readings used for names on Nazuke: no
In Japan it appears in about 2,380 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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