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Kanji for Noah

乃愛

No-A

Of · Love

Of love — and of nothing less.

Noah comes from an ancient word for rest. Written as 乃愛, the kanji stay simple on purpose: the small classical particle 乃, paired with 愛 — so the name reads, quietly, as 'of love.'


Syllable by Syllable

NO乃Of, Belonging to (classical)No
AH愛LoveA

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