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Kanji for Tassel
The kanji for “tassel” is 房, read bou and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
房
tassel
A tassel or cluster, like a bunch of flowers.
8 strokes On reading ボウ (bou) Kun reading ふさ (fusa) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: tassel, tuft, fringe, bunch, lock (hair)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: fusa
In Japan it appears in about 196 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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