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Kanji for Seek
The kanji for “seek” is 尋, read jin and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
尋
seek
To search and ask; a curious mind.
12 strokes On reading ジン (jin) Kun reading たずねる、ひろ (tazuneru, hiro) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: inquire, fathom, look for
Readings used for names on Nazuke: jin, hiro
In Japan it appears in about 88 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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