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Kanji for Ascent
The kanji for “ascent” is 登, read tou and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
ascent
To climb higher, step by step, toward the summit.
12 strokes On reading トウ、ト、ドウ (tou, to, dou) Kun reading のぼる、あがる (noboru, agaru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: ascend, climb up
Readings used for names on Nazuke: taka, to, tou, nori
In Japan it appears in about 652 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 登: David 天陽登 · Adrian 栄登里杏 · Andrew 杏登里 · Edward 英登和道 · Antonio 杏登仁央 · Bradley 武良登里 · Caitlin 啓登鈴 · Kaitlyn 啓登鈴 · Katelyn 啓登鈴 · Richard 理茶登 · Whitney 歩唯登仁 · Brittany 舞里登仁 and 551 more
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