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Kanji for Serenity
Japanese has more than one kanji connected to “serenity”: 寧、寂. Each has its own feeling. Compare their meanings, readings and the names they appear in.
serenity
Peaceful and calm; gentle care.
14 strokes On reading ネイ (nei) Kun reading むしろ (mushiro) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: rather, preferably, peaceful, quiet, tranquility
Readings used for names on Nazuke: nei, yasu, yasushi
In Japan it appears in about 254 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 寧: Ferney 平琉寧 · Eugenia 夕路寧 · Zenaida 善寧太 · Claudinei 倉宇路寧 · Nathan 寧山 · Dayane 妥弥寧 · Ganesh 賀寧紗 · Nestor 寧寿太 · Nevaeh 寧平愛 · Neva 寧葉 · Heine 羽衣寧 · Nenad 寧南斗 and 4 more
serenity
Quiet stillness; the beauty of age and solitude.
It is the “sabi” of wabi-sabi.
11 strokes On reading ジャク、セキ (jaku, seki) Kun reading さび、さびしい、さびれる (sabi, sabishii, sabireru) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: loneliness, quietly, mellow, mature, death of a priest
Readings used for names on Nazuke: sabi, jaku, seki
Names written with 寂: Jacquelyn 寂栄里
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