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Kanji for Simple
The kanji for “simple” is 素, read so and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
素
simple
Simple, pure and natural.
10 strokes On reading ソ、ス (so, su) Kun reading もと (moto) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
Readings used for names on Nazuke: su, so, moto
In Japan it appears in about 287 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 素: Isobel 藍素得 · Blossom 歩路素夢
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