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Kanji for Receive
The kanji for “receive” is 享, read kyou and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
享
receive
To receive and enjoy life's blessings.
8 strokes On reading キョウ、コウ (kyou, kou) Kun reading うける (ukeru) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: enjoy, receive, undergo, answer (phone), take
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kyou, taka
In Japan it appears in about 118 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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