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Kanji for Virtue
The kanji for “virtue” is 徳, read toku and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
徳
virtue
Virtue and good character.
14 strokes On reading トク (toku) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect
Readings used for names on Nazuke: toku, nori
In Japan it appears in about 609 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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