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Kanji for Span
The kanji for “span” is 亘, read kou and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
亘
span
To extend across time and space.
6 strokes On reading コウ、カン、セン (kou, kan, sen) Kun reading わたる、もとめる (wataru, motomeru) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: span, range, extend over
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kou, nobu
In Japan it appears in about 81 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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