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Kanji for Painting
The kanji for “painting” is 画, read ga and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
painting
A painting and a design.
8 strokes On reading ガ、カク、エ (ga, kaku, e) Kun reading えがく、かくする、かぎる (egaku, kakusuru, kagiru) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: brush-stroke, picture
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ga
Names written with 画: Hildegard 日瑠千画道 · Hildegarde 日瑠千画道 · Logan 路画 · Megan 明画 · Morgan 茂画 · Gabriel 画歩理得 · Gabrielle 画歩理得 · Guy 画生 · Inga 生玖画 · Olga 音瑠画 · Angle 安玖画瑠 · Edgar 笑道画 and 26 more
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