諺 / Japanese Kanji Meanings & Readings

What does 諺 mean?

Proverb

How to read 諺?

Kunyomi... ことわざ/kotowaza

Onyomi... ゲン/gen

jinmeikun... koto, takeshi,

* There are two typical ways of reading kanji, kun-yomi and on-yomi. In addition, there is a reading system called "jinmei kun" which is used only for names.

Other kanji information..

application	Can be registered as a Japanese name In Japan, 2999 kanji characters can be registered as names. (In other words, you cannot officially apply for any other kanji as a name.) But if you enjoy it as fiction, no problem.
type	kanji officially for use in names
unicode	8AFA &#x8AFA (For HTML use)