Kanji meanings › Camphor
Kanji for Camphor
The kanji for “camphor” is 楠, read nan and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
camphor
The camphor tree, sacred and long-lived.
Kusunoki Masashige was a legendary 14th-century samurai renowned for supreme tactical brilliance and unyielding loyalty.
13 strokes On reading ナン、ダン、ゼン (nan, dan, zen) Kun reading くす、くすのき (kusu, kusunoki) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: camphor tree
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kusu, kusunoki, nan
In Japan it appears in about 91 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 楠: Brix 舞里楠 · Felix 平里楠 · Alex 愛麗楠 · Alix 安莉楠 · Demarcus 天真楠 · Brooks 武瑠楠 · Markus 真瑠楠
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