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Kanji for Pasture
The kanji for “pasture” is 牧, read boku and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
牧
pasture
Pastures; the care of animals.
8 strokes On reading ボク (boku) Kun reading まき (maki) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture
Readings used for names on Nazuke: boku, ma, maki
In Japan it appears in about 76 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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