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Kanji for Sunlight
The kanji for “sunlight” is 陽, read you and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
sunlight
Warm sunlight. One of the most popular characters in Japanese names today.
12 strokes On reading ヨウ (you) Kun reading ひ (hi) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven
Readings used for names on Nazuke: aki, akira, haru, hi, hina, hiro, yo, you
In Japan it appears in about 1,059 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 陽: David 天陽登 · Peter 陽太 · Evi 英陽 · Hue 陽 · Obi 央陽 · Pia 陽愛 · Abby 安陽 · Bibi 美陽 · Coby 湖陽 · Davy 貞陽 · Debi 天陽 · Gabi 雅陽 and 208 more
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