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Kanji for Treetop
The kanji for “treetop” is 梢, read shou and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
梢
treetop
The tips of the branches, reaching for the sky.
11 strokes On reading ショウ (shou) Kun reading こずえ、くすのき (kozue, kusunoki) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: treetops, twig
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shou
In Japan it appears in about 78 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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