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Kanji for Time
The kanji for “time” is 時, read ji and written in 10 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
時
time
Time and the right moment; someone who knows when to act.
10 strokes On reading ジ (ji) Kun reading とき、どき (toki, doki) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: time, hour
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ji, toki
In Japan it appears in about 235 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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