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Kanji for Of
The kanji for “of” is 乃, read nai and written in 2 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
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A classic, gentle particle loved in names for its soft sound.
Widely used in classical Japanese grammar, this character gracefully connects words in ancient poetry.
2 strokes On reading ナイ、ダイ、ノ (nai, dai, no) Kun reading の、すなわち、なんじ (no, sunawachi, nanji) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly
Readings used for names on Nazuke: osamu, dai, no
In Japan it appears in about 2,380 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 乃: Aino 愛唯乃 · Arno 愛瑠乃 · Erno 恵瑠乃 · Line 理乃 · Nuno 暖乃 · Pino 陽乃 · Rino 理乃 · Anouk 愛乃玖 · Anuar 愛乃亜瑠 · Breno 武礼乃 · Enoch 唯乃玖 · Hannu 葉乃 and 97 more
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