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Kanji for Sage
The kanji for “sage” is 仙, read sen and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
sage
An immortal sage living in the mountains.
5 strokes On reading セン、セント (sen, sento) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: hermit, wizard, cent
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sen, nori
In Japan it appears in about 212 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 仙: Vincent 敏仙富 · Christen 久理仙 · Vincenzo 敏仙礎 · Millicent 実里仙富
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