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Kanji for Proclaim
The kanji for “proclaim” is 宣, read sen and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
宣
proclaim
To proclaim and declare.
9 strokes On reading セン (sen) Kun reading のたまう (notamau) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: proclaim, say, announce
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sen, nobu, nori, yoshi
In Japan it appears in about 363 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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