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Kanji for Fate
The kanji for “fate” is 縁, read en and written in 15 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
fate
The invisible thread that brings people together.
In Japan, 縁 (en) is the fate behind every meaningful meeting.
15 strokes On reading エン、-ネン (en, -nen) Kun reading ふち、ふちどる、ゆかり (fuchi, fuchidoru, yukari) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: affinity, relation, connection, edge, border
Readings used for names on Nazuke: en
Names written with 縁: Yenny 縁仁 · Gwen 弘縁 · Ennio 縁仁央 · Enny 縁仁 · Wendel 縁輝 · Bronwyn 武路縁 · Wendell 縁輝 · Lucienne 瑠知縁
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