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Kanji for Sail
The kanji for “sail” is 帆, read han and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
sail
A sail catching the wind and carrying you forward.
6 strokes On reading ハン (han) Kun reading ほ (ho) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: sail
Readings used for names on Nazuke: han, ho
In Japan it appears in about 714 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 帆: Jose 帆世 · Whitney 帆生音新 · Fawn 帆 · Hong 帆久 · Hoyt 帆生音 · Fonda 帆舵 · Holly 帆里 · Hosea 帆世安 · Jorge 帆瑠恵 · Polly 帆里 · Adolfo 安道瑠帆 · Fausto 帆寿音 and 29 more
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