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Kanji for Ripen
The kanji for “ripen” is 稔, read nen and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
稔
ripen
To ripen at harvest; the reward of effort.
13 strokes On reading ネン、ジン、ニン (nen, jin, nin) Kun reading みのる、みのり (minoru, minori) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: harvest, ripen
Readings used for names on Nazuke: jin, toshi, ne, nen
In Japan it appears in about 176 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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