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Kanji for Reverence
The kanji for “reverence” is 欽, read kin and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
欽
reverence
Deep respect and reverence.
12 strokes On reading キン、コン (kin, kon) Kun reading つつしむ (tsutsushimu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: respect, revere, long for
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kin, yoshi
In Japan it appears in about 87 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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