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Kanji for Side by side
The kanji for “side by side” is 並, read hei and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
並
side by side
Side by side; together.
8 strokes On reading ヘイ、ホウ (hei, hou) Kun reading なみ、ならべる、ならぶ (nami, naraberu, narabu) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: row, and, besides, as well as, line up
Readings used for names on Nazuke: hei
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