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Kanji for Brightness
The kanji for “brightness” is 明, read mei and written in 8 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
brightness
Light that clears the dark; bright, clear and open.
It combines the sun 日 and the moon 月.
8 strokes On reading メイ、ミョウ、ミン (mei, myou, min) Kun reading あかり、あかるい、あかるむ (akari, akarui, akarumu) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: bright, light
Readings used for names on Nazuke: a, aka, aki, akira, ake, asu, saya, sayaka, toshi, haru, myou, min, me, mei
In Japan it appears in about 1,934 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 明: Megan 明佳 · Abigail 明日芸琉 · Abu 明風 · Aja 安唯明 · Ash 明朱 · Jia 慈明 · Zia 慈明 · Amit 明実登 · Azie 明路恵 · Earl 明瑠 · Abdel 明風登瑠 · Abdul 明風土瑠 and 210 more
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