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Kanji for Winter
The kanji for “winter” is 冬, read tou and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
冬
winter
Winter; quiet, clear and strong.
5 strokes On reading トウ (tou) Kun reading ふゆ (fuyu) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: winter
Readings used for names on Nazuke: to, tou, fuyu
In Japan it appears in about 284 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
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