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Kanji for This
The kanji for “this” is 之, read shi and written in 3 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
this
A classic character that links words together, common at the end of boys' names such as Hiroyuki.
3 strokes On reading シ (shi) Kun reading の、これ、ゆく (no, kore, yuku) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: of, this
Readings used for names on Nazuke: no
In Japan it appears in about 3,136 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
Names written with 之: Florentino 歩路怜照之 · Marcelino 真知恵理之 · Nu 之 · Noe 之 · Dino 出之 · Gino 慈之 · Lino 里之 · Noel 之英瑠 · Nova 之羽 · Enoch 生之空 · Nolan 之藍 · Venus 美之透 and 15 more
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