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Kanji for Play music
The kanji for “play music” is 奏, read sou and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
奏
play music
To play music in harmony.
9 strokes On reading ソウ (sou) Kun reading かなでる (kanaderu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: play music, speak to a ruler, complete
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kana, sou
In Japan it appears in about 336 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 奏: Blossom 歩路奏睦
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