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Kanji for Silk gauze
The kanji for “silk gauze” is 紗, read sa and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
silk gauze
Fine, light silk; delicate and elegant.
10 strokes On reading サ、シャ (sa, sha) Kun reading うすぎぬ (usuginu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: gauze, gossamer
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sa, sha
In Japan it appears in about 1,519 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 紗: Shannon 紗暖 · Cheyenne 紗生安 · Samantha 冴満紗 · Sha 紗 · Asha 安紗 · Shad 紗道 · Shan 紗 · Aisha 安生紗 · Asher 安紗 · Kasha 佳紗 · Kisha 希紗 · Lucia 瑠紗 and 89 more
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