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Kanji for Sage-king
The kanji for “sage-king” is 舜, read shun and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
舜
sage-king
The rose of Sharon, and the name of a legendary wise ruler.
13 strokes On reading シュン (shun) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: type of morning glory, rose of Sharon, althea
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shun
In Japan it appears in about 70 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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