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Kanji for Well-being
The kanji for “well-being” is 康, read kou and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
康
well-being
Health and peace of mind.
11 strokes On reading コウ (kou) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: ease, peace
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kou, yasu
In Japan it appears in about 607 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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