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Kanji for Righteous
The kanji for “righteous” is 正, read sei and written in 5 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
righteous
Correct, honest and just; walking a straight path.
5 strokes On reading セイ、ショウ (sei, shou) Kun reading ただしい、ただす、まさ (tadashii, tadasu, masa) JLPT N3
Dictionary meanings: correct, justice, righteous, 10**40
Readings used for names on Nazuke: shou, sei, tada, tadashi, ma, masa, masashi
In Japan it appears in about 1,472 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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