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Kanji for Root
The kanji for “root” is 根, read kon and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
根
root
Roots; strength from deep within.
10 strokes On reading コン (kon) Kun reading ね (ne) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ne
In Japan it appears in about 175 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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