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Kanji for Pioneer
The kanji for “pioneer” is 魁, read kai and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
魁
pioneer
The first to lead the way; a trailblazer.
14 strokes On reading カイ (kai) Kun reading さきがけ、かしら (sakigake, kashira) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: charging ahead of others
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kai
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