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Kanji for White light
The kanji for “white light” is 皓, read kou and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
皓
white light
Pure, shining white light, like moonlight on snow.
12 strokes On reading コウ (kou) Kun reading しろい、ひかる (shiroi, hikaru) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: white, clear
Readings used for names on Nazuke: aki, kou, teru, hiro
In Japan it appears in about 122 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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