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Kanji for Shore
The kanji for “shore” is 渚, read sho and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
渚
shore
The water’s edge where waves meet the sand.
11 strokes On reading ショ (sho) Kun reading なぎさ (nagisa) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: strand, beach, shore
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sho, nagi, nagisa
In Japan it appears in about 174 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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