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Kanji for Tie
The kanji for “tie” is 結, read ketsu and written in 12 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
tie
To tie and connect people.
Musubi refers to tying knots, which in Shinto traditionally symbolizes divine creation and sacred human connection.
12 strokes On reading ケツ、ケチ (ketsu, kechi) Kun reading むすぶ、ゆう、ゆわえる (musubu, yuu, yuwaeru) JLPT N2
Dictionary meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize
Readings used for names on Nazuke: yu, yui, yuu
In Japan it appears in about 826 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 結: Bayu 羽結 · Wahyu 和結 · Mayuri 真結莉 · Julieta 結莉太
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