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Kanji for Wish
The kanji for “wish” is 願, read gan and written in 19 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
願
wish
A wish and a heartfelt hope.
19 strokes On reading ガン (gan) Kun reading ねがう、ねがい (negau, negai) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: petition, request, vow, wish, hope
Readings used for names on Nazuke: gan
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