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専 means 'specialist' or 'expert'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 763   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-8    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: 42    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 96 words   Used in 132 words   Used in 264 names   Component in 9 kanji (4 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   セン
Kun
   もっぱ entirely, wholely
  
⿱  ⿻   one   reason   inch  
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 bless   first time; the first time  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 専 is used 7 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 専 is used 131 times, read 2 ways.
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major subject; special study
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Most common form: もっぱら
1. wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly  (often written with kana only)
2. principally; mostly; chiefly; mainly  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 恵 less common words include 専 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 925 (originally: 914)  Joy o' Kanji : 914  Key to Kanji: 631 

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セン   specialist; expert   もっぱ entirely, wholely   
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スン   inch
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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