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Kanji for Prosper
The kanji for “prosper” is 昌, read shou and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
昌
prosper
Prosperity and brightness.
8 strokes On reading ショウ (shou) Kun reading さかん (sakan) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: prosperous, bright, clear
Readings used for names on Nazuke: aki, shou, masa, yoshi
In Japan it appears in about 700 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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