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Kanji for Thou
The kanji for “thou” is 爾, read ji and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
爾
thou
An old, poetic word for “you”; classical and mysterious.
14 strokes On reading ジ、ニ (ji, ni) Kun reading なんじ、しかり、その (nanji, shikari, sono) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: you, thou, second person
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ji, ni
In Japan it appears in about 187 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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