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Kanji for Old Japan
The kanji for “old Japan” is 倭, read wa and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
倭
old Japan
An ancient name for Japan.
10 strokes On reading ワ、イ (wa, i) Kun reading やまと、したがう (yamato, shitagau) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: Yamato, ancient Japan
Readings used for names on Nazuke: i, wa
In Japan it appears in about 120 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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