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Kanji for Thrive
The kanji for “thrive” is 繁, read han and written in 16 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
繁
thrive
To thrive and flourish.
16 strokes On reading ハン (han) Kun reading しげる、しげく (shigeru, shigeku) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: luxuriant, thick, overgrown, frequency, complexity
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shige, han
In Japan it appears in about 209 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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