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Kanji for Generosity
The kanji for “generosity” is 寛, read kan and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
generosity
Generous, tolerant and open-hearted.
13 strokes On reading カン (kan) Kun reading くつろぐ、ひろい、ゆるやか (kutsurogu, hiroi, yuruyaka) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: tolerant, leniency, generosity, relax, feel at home
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kan, nori, hiro, hiroshi, yutaka
In Japan it appears in about 427 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 寛: Can 寛 · Khan 寛 · Cande 寛鼎 · Duncan 暖寛 · Candace 寛路澄 · Candela 寛天良 · Candice 寛路澄 · Candida 寛路太 · Candido 寛路道 · Candelaria 寛寺理愛 · Hakan 葉寛 · Serkan 聖瑠寛 and 2 more
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