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Kanji for Apricot
The kanji for “apricot” is 杏, read kyou and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
apricot
The apricot and its pale spring blossoms.
Apricot blossoms announce the arrival of spring in Japan, blooming delicately just before seasonal cherry blossoms.
7 strokes On reading キョウ、アン、コウ (kyou, an, kou) Kun reading あんず (anzu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: apricot
Readings used for names on Nazuke: an, anzu, kyou
In Japan it appears in about 672 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 杏: Ian 唯杏 · Juan 風杏 · Amber 杏羽 · Brian 武来杏 · Bryan 武来杏 · Adrian 栄登里杏 · Andrea 杏斗礼愛 · Andrew 杏登里 · Angela 杏路恵良 · Anthony 杏素仁 · Antonio 杏登仁央 · Cheyenne 紗衣杏 and 163 more
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