Meaning & History
From the Japanese kanji 寛 (kan) meaning "tolerant, gentle" or 貫 (kan) meaning "pierce" or 幹 (kan) meaning "stem; core; talent" combined with 太 (ta) meaning "big, thick, great" or 汰 (ta) meaning "scour, wash out". All the kan kanji are ready with both Go-On and Kan-On Reading while ta kanji are read with the Kan’yō-on Reading.Other Kanji combinations are also possible.