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Kanji for Soar
The kanji for “soar” is 翔, read shou and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
翔
soar
To soar high on spread wings. The most popular character in Japanese boys’ names.
12 strokes On reading ショウ (shou) Kun reading かける、とぶ (kakeru, tobu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: soar, fly
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ka, shou, to
In Japan it appears in about 308 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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