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Kanji for Shine
The kanji for “shine” is 照, read shou and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
shine
To shine and light things up; a warm brightness others can see by.
It appears in 日照 (sunshine) and in names meaning a bright, sunny nature.
13 strokes On reading ショウ (shou) Kun reading てる、てらす、てれる (teru, terasu, tereru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: illuminate, shine, compare, bashful
Readings used for names on Nazuke: aki, shou, te, teru
In Japan it appears in about 367 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 照: Derek 照礼久 · Devin 照敏 · Katie 希生照 · Steven 寿照文 · Destiny 照寿天新 · Stephen 寿照文 · Tiffany 照葉新 · Timothy 照茂詩 · Madeline 真照凛 · Christina 久里寿照七 · Deb 照歩 · Del 照瑠 and 200 more
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