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Kanji for Black jade
The kanji for “black jade” is 玖, read kyuu and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
black jade
A beautiful black gemstone; also an elegant way to write “nine.”
7 strokes On reading キュウ、ク (kyuu, ku) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: beautiful black jewel, nine
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ku
In Japan it appears in about 400 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 玖: Brooke 武瑠玖 · Lex 礼玖寿 · Rex 礼玖寿 · Yuk 弥玖 · Alek 安礼玖 · Bang 伴玖 · Fong 宝玖 · Koen 玖 · Rock 路玖 · Sang 山玖 · Sung 山玖 · Anouk 愛乃玖 and 156 more
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