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Kanji for Refreshing
The kanji for “refreshing” is 爽, read sou and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
refreshing
Fresh and clear, like a cool breeze on a summer morning.
11 strokes On reading ソウ (sou) Kun reading あきらか、さわやか、たがう (akiraka, sawayaka, tagau) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: refreshing, bracing, resonant, sweet, clear
Readings used for names on Nazuke: aki, sawa, sou
In Japan it appears in about 214 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 爽: Blossom 歩路爽夢 · Soledad 爽瑠那道 · So 爽 · Zoe 爽生 · Saul 爽瑠 · Sonja 爽新明 · Sonya 爽新明 · Corazon 湖楽爽 · Saundra 爽道楽 · Zola 爽良
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