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Kanji for Mountain
The kanji for “mountain” is 山, read san and written in 3 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
mountain
A mountain; steady and unmoving.
3 strokes On reading サン、セン (san, sen) Kun reading やま (yama) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: mountain
Readings used for names on Nazuke: san, yama
In Japan it appears in about 444 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 山: Nathan 音偉山 · Jonathan 恕南山 · Alexandria 安礼久山土理愛 · Sang 山玖 · Sung 山玖 · Hasan 葉山 · Sanda 山太 · Sandi 山路 · Sandy 山路 · Santi 山天 · Santo 山斗 · Santy 山天 and 47 more
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