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Kanji for Stillness
The kanji for “stillness” is 静, read sei and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
stillness
Quiet, calm and composed, even in a storm.
14 strokes On reading セイ、ジョウ (sei, jou) Kun reading しず、しずか、しずまる (shizu, shizuka, shizumaru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: quiet
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shizu, jou, sei
In Japan it appears in about 433 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 静: John 静 · Jordan 静暖 · Jo 静 · Joe 静 · Jon 静 · Joy 静生 · Joan 静 · Joey 静生 · Jone 静 · Joni 静新 · Joye 静生 · Joyce 静生澄 and 7 more
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