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Kanji for Bird
The kanji for “bird” is 鳥, read chou and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
bird
A bird, free to fly anywhere.
11 strokes On reading チョウ (chou) Kun reading とり (tori) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: bird, chicken
Readings used for names on Nazuke: chou, to, tori
In Japan it appears in about 115 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 鳥: Trixie 鳥久志 · Trygve 鳥久平 · Gayatri 雅弥鳥 · Patricia 羽鳥詩愛 · Trinidad 鳥仁太刀 · Patrick 葉鳥久 · Victoria 美久鳥愛 · Astri 安寿鳥 · Patrik 葉鳥空 · Trista 鳥寿太 · Beatriz 平愛鳥珠 · Dimitri 路実鳥 and 11 more
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