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Kanji for Sturdy
The kanji for “sturdy” is 丈, read jou and written in 3 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
丈
sturdy
Sturdy and strong, as in 丈夫.
3 strokes On reading ジョウ (jou) Kun reading たけ、だけ (take, dake) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: length, ten shaku, measure, Mr., Ms.
Readings used for names on Nazuke: jou, take, tomo
In Japan it appears in about 182 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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