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Kanji for Refreshing
The kanji for “refreshing” is 爽, read sou and written in 11 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
refreshing
Fresh and clear, like a cool breeze on a summer morning.
11 strokes On reading ソウ (sou) Kun reading あきらか、さわやか、たがう (akiraka, sawayaka, tagau) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: refreshing, bracing, resonant, sweet, clear
Readings used for names on Nazuke: aki, sawa, so, sou
In Japan it appears in about 214 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 爽: So 爽 · Saul 爽瑠 · Sola 爽良 · Soma 爽真 · Soni 爽仁 · Thor 爽 · Chisom 千爽夢 · Isobel 藍爽平琉 · Blossom 武路爽夢 · Joaquim 恕爽夢 · Marisol 毬爽瑠 · Saundra 爽登良 and 14 more
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