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Kanji for Renew
The kanji for “renew” is 更, read kou and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
更
renew
To renew and change; always growing further.
7 strokes On reading コウ (kou) Kun reading さら、さらに、ふける (sara, sarani, fukeru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: grow late, night watch, sit up late, of course, renew
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kou, sara
In Japan it appears in about 61 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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