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Kanji for Shadow
The kanji for “shadow” is 影, read ei and written in 15 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
影
shadow
A shadow; the one who moves unseen.
15 strokes On reading エイ (ei) Kun reading かげ (kage) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: shadow, silhouette, phantom
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ei
In Japan it appears in about 105 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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