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Kanji for Steady
The kanji for “steady” is 定, read tei and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
steady
Fixed and certain; calm and dependable.
8 strokes On reading テイ、ジョウ (tei, jou) Kun reading さだめる、さだまる、さだか (sadameru, sadamaru, sadaka) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: determine, fix, establish, decide
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sada, jou, tei
In Japan it appears in about 304 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 定: Sadye 定生
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