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Kanji for Pearl
The kanji for “pearl” is 珠, read shu and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
珠
pearl
A pearl or jewel; something precious and round.
10 strokes On reading シュ (shu) Kun reading たま (tama) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: pearl, gem, jewel
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shu, ju, su, tama
In Japan it appears in about 829 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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