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Kanji for Quick wit
The kanji for “quick wit” is 敏, read bin and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
quick wit
Quick, sharp and perceptive.
10 strokes On reading ビン (bin) Kun reading さとい (satoi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: cleverness, agile, alert
Readings used for names on Nazuke: toshi, bin
In Japan it appears in about 456 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
Names written with 敏: Devin 知敏 · Kevin 希敏 · Alvin 安瑠敏 · Elvin 恵瑠敏 · Ervin 安敏 · Gavin 義敏 · Irvin 安敏 · Robin 路敏 · Robyn 路敏 · Rubin 瑠敏 · Vince 敏寿 · Calvin 佳瑠敏 and 11 more
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