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Kanji for Tortoise
The kanji for “tortoise” is 亀, read ki and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
tortoise
The tortoise, a symbol of long life and wisdom.
Japanese say the crane lives a thousand years and the tortoise ten thousand.
11 strokes On reading キ、キュウ、キン (ki, kyuu, kin) Kun reading かめ (kame) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: tortoise, turtle
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kame, ki
In Japan it appears in about 188 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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