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Kanji for Rising
The kanji for “rising” is 隆, read ryuu and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
隆
rising
Rising high and prospering.
11 strokes On reading リュウ (ryuu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: hump, high, noble, prosperity
Readings used for names on Nazuke: taka, ryuu
In Japan it appears in about 602 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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