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Kanji for Swift horse
The kanji for “swift horse” is 駿, read shun and written in 17 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
駿
swift horse
A fine, swift horse; outstanding speed.
17 strokes On reading シュン、スン (shun, sun) Kun reading すぐれる (sugureru) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: a good horse, speed, a fast person
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shun, toshi
In Japan it appears in about 75 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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