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Kanji for Striped
The kanji for “striped” is 彪, read hyou and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
彪
striped
The stripes of a tiger; a bold pattern.
11 strokes On reading ヒョウ、ヒュウ (hyou, hyuu) Kun reading あや (aya) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: spotted, mottled, patterned, small tiger
Readings used for names on Nazuke: aya, take, hyou
In Japan it appears in about 80 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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