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Kanji for Water parsley
The kanji for “water parsley” is 芹, read kin and written in 7 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
water parsley
Seri, one of the seven herbs of spring.
Seri (water parsley) is the first of seven wild spring herbs eaten in hot rice porridge on January 7.
7 strokes On reading キン (kin) Kun reading せり (seri) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: parsley
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kin, seri
In Japan it appears in about 59 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in girls’ names.
Names written with 芹: Araceli 愛良芹 · Aracely 愛良芹
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