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Kanji for Rapids
The kanji for “rapids” is 瀬, read rai and written in 19 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
瀬
rapids
The fast-flowing shallows of a river.
19 strokes On reading ライ (rai) Kun reading せ (se) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal
Readings used for names on Nazuke: se
In Japan it appears in about 270 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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