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Kanji for Trunk
The kanji for “trunk” is 幹, read kan and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
幹
trunk
The trunk of a tree; the core that supports everything.
13 strokes On reading カン (kan) Kun reading みき (miki) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: tree trunk, main part, talent, capability
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kan, miki, moto
In Japan it appears in about 307 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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