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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 袖(Japanese Kanji) そで(Japanese Hiragana) ソデ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This name is used as 袖 (shuu, sode) meaning "sleeve, wing (of stage/building)," originally from a combination of 衣 (so) meaning "clothing, robe" and 手 (te) meaning "hand, arm," the te shifted to de as a result of rendaku.Sode was uncommon to very uncommon from the Edo period (1603-1868) all the way into the Taishō period (1912-1926).