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Kanji for Sail
The kanji for “sail” is 帆, read han and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
sail
A sail catching the wind and carrying you forward.
6 strokes On reading ハン (han) Kun reading ほ (ho) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: sail
Readings used for names on Nazuke: han, ho
In Japan it appears in about 714 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 帆: Paul 帆瑠 · Ivo 偉帆 · Evon 栄帆 · Pola 帆良 · Poul 帆羽瑠 · Alejo 愛玲帆 · Ebony 永帆仁 · Holly 帆里 · Horst 帆瑠日斗 · Hosea 帆星愛 · Ivone 唯帆音 · Ivory 藍帆里 and 95 more
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