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Kanji for Violet
The kanji for “violet” is 菫, read kin and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
菫
violet
The violet, a small flower of quiet beauty and modesty.
11 strokes On reading キン (kin) Kun reading すみれ (sumire) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: the violet
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kin, sumi
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