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Kanji for Romance
The kanji for “romance” is 恋, read ren and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
恋
romance
Romantic love; a heart that feels deeply.
10 strokes On reading レン (ren) Kun reading こう、こい、こいしい (kou, koi, koishii) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: romance, in love, yearn for, miss, darling
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ko, koi, ren
In Japan it appears in about 320 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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