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Kanji for Weave
The kanji for “weave” is 織, read shoku and written in 18 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
weave
To weave threads into cloth; to create something beautiful.
18 strokes On reading ショク、シキ (shoku, shiki) Kun reading おる、おり (oru, ori) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: weave, fabric
Readings used for names on Nazuke: o, ori, oru
In Japan it appears in about 412 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 織: Olivia 織美安 · Oliva 織羽 · Olive 織歩 · Oliver 織羽 · Olympia 織陽安
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