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Kanji for Gentle calm
The kanji for “gentle calm” is 穏, read on and written in 16 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
gentle calm
Peaceful, gentle and steady.
16 strokes On reading オン (on) Kun reading おだやか (odayaka) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: calm, quiet, moderation
Readings used for names on Nazuke: on
In Japan it appears in about 80 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 穏: Ong 穏久 · Leon 玲穏 · Wong 穏久 · Wonda 穏太 · Judson 慈寿穏 · Simeon 詩芽穏 · Napoleon 南帆礼穏 · Ion 唯穏 · Bryon 武来穏
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