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Kanji for This
The kanji for “this” is 之, read shi and written in 3 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
this
A classic character that links words together, common at the end of boys' names such as Hiroyuki.
3 strokes On reading シ (shi) Kun reading の、これ、ゆく (no, kore, yuku) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: of, this
Readings used for names on Nazuke: itaru, shi, no, yuki
In Japan it appears in about 3,136 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
Names written with 之: Binod 美之道 · Enola 栄之楽 · Benoit 文之和 · Manolo 真之路 · Wenona 栄之南 · Ermanno 英瑠真之 · Zenobia 善之陽愛 · Emanuela 永真之栄良 · Emanuele 永真之英玲 · Martinus 丸天之寿 · Uno 宇之 · Anouk 杏之玖 and 16 more
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