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Kanji for Bear
The kanji for “bear” is 熊, read yuu and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
bear
The bear; strong and fearless.
Kumano Kodo (熊野古道) in Wakayama is a UNESCO-inscribed ancient pilgrimage network connecting sacred mountain shrines through primordial forests.
14 strokes On reading ユウ (yuu) Kun reading くま (kuma) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: bear
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kuma, yuu
In Japan it appears in about 86 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
Names written with 熊: Rajkumar 楽路熊
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