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Kanji for Valley stream
The kanji for “valley stream” is 渓, read kei and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
渓
valley stream
A clear stream running through a mountain valley.
11 strokes On reading ケイ (kei) Kun reading たに、たにがわ (tani, tanigawa) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: mountain stream, valley
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kei
In Japan it appears in about 104 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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