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常 means 'usual'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 313   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-8    Grade: 5   Intermediate lesson: 21    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 149 words   Used in 297 words   Used in 1026 names   Component in 2 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ジョウ
Kun
   つね usual, normal   とこ- endless, unchanging
Additional readings
Name    とき   のぶ   ひ   ひた
Components
⿱  龸 classroom  吊 hang  
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裳 skirt  堂 temple  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 常 is used 27 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 常 is used 288 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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ジョウ : 261 words FIND ALL
ひ じ ょ う 0
1. emergency
2. extraordinary; unusual
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つね : 6 words FIND ALL
つ ね に 1
always; constantly
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とこ- (read as とこ) : 14 words FIND ALL
と こ な つ 0
noun
everlasting summer
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ひ: 2 words. FIND ALL
noun
era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II  (sumo term)
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と き わ ず 0
noun
style of joruri narrative used for kabuki dances  (see also: 常磐津節; abbreviation)
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An additional 9 less common words include 常 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 740 (originally: 718)  Joy o' Kanji : 718  Key to Kanji: 552 

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常
ジョウ   つね usual, normal   とこ- endless, unchanging   
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龸
classroom
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⺌
small
冖
cover; covered   
吊
チョウ   つる to hang   つるす to hang up   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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巾
キン   turban; cloth
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