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Kanji for Grand
The kanji for “grand” is 豪, read gou and written in 14 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
grand
Grand, bold and powerful.
14 strokes On reading ゴウ (gou) Kun reading えらい (erai) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: overpowering, great, powerful, excelling, Australia
Readings used for names on Nazuke: gou, suguru, take, takeshi, hide, masaru
In Japan it appears in about 89 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 豪: Gopi 豪陽 · Gopal 豪葉瑠 · Gordon 豪道 · Gauthier 豪智栄 · Golda 豪瑠太 · Gomes 豪芽寿 · Golden 豪瑠天 · Guillaume 豪夢 · Goldie 豪琉路 · Godfrey 豪斗風里 · Gonzalo 豪彩路 · Santiago 山天愛豪
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