Kanji

Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

1968 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 19

Meaning: be resuscitated, revived, perilla, shiso

Kunyomi: よみがえ.る

Onyomi:

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: grass

Examples

Onyomi Examples

Soviet Union

so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan)

日ソ ニッソ Japan and the Soviet Union, Japanese-Soviet

中ソ チュウソ China and the Soviet Union, Soviet-Chinese, Sino-Soviet

スオウ sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan), sappanwood dye (red in colour), layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)

格蘭 スコットランド Scotland

Kunyomi Examples

よみがえる to be resurrected, to be resuscitated, to be rehabilitated, to be revived, to be refreshed, to be restored, to be recalled (e.g. memories), to be brought back