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Kanji for Steel will
The kanji for “steel will” is 剛, read gou and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
steel will
Firm and strong, like something that cannot be bent.
10 strokes On reading ゴウ (gou) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: sturdy, strength
Readings used for names on Nazuke: gou, taka, take, yoshi
In Japan it appears in about 240 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
Names written with 剛: Golda 剛瑠舵 · Golden 剛瑠知 · Goldie 剛瑠知 · Gordon 剛道 · Gonzalo 剛冴路 · Rodrigo 路道里剛
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