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Kanji for Rising sun
The kanji for “rising sun” is 旭, read kyoku and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
旭
rising sun
The morning sun rising over the horizon; a bright new beginning.
6 strokes On reading キョク (kyoku) Kun reading あさひ (asahi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: rising sun, morning sun
Readings used for names on Nazuke: aki, kyoku
In Japan it appears in about 126 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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