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Kanji for Villa
The kanji for “villa” is 荘, read sou and written in 9 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
荘
villa
A villa; dignified and serene.
9 strokes On reading ソウ、ショウ、チャン (sou, shou, chan) Kun reading ほうき、おごそか (houki, ogosoka) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: villa, inn, cottage, feudal manor, solemn
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shou, sou
In Japan it appears in about 87 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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