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Kanji for Picture
The kanji for “picture” is 絵, read kai and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
絵
picture
A picture or painting; a life seen through an artist’s eye.
12 strokes On reading カイ、エ (kai, e) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: picture, drawing, painting, sketch
Readings used for names on Nazuke: e
In Japan it appears in about 1,535 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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