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Kanji for Southeast
The kanji for “southeast” is 巽, read son and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
巽
southeast
The southeast; the direction of good fortune in old Japanese belief.
12 strokes On reading ソン (son) Kun reading たつみ (tatsumi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: southeast
Readings used for names on Nazuke: son
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