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Kanji for Ring out
The kanji for “ring out” is 鳴, read mei and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
ring out
To sing or ring out, like a bird or a bell.
14 strokes On reading メイ (mei) Kun reading なく、なる、ならす (naku, naru, narasu) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring
Readings used for names on Nazuke: na, nari, naru, mei
In Japan it appears in about 74 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 鳴: Reginald 礼慈鳴道 · Ronald 路鳴道 · Renaldo 礼鳴道 · Reinaldo 怜鳴道 · Reynaldo 怜鳴道
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