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忌 means 'mourning'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 2053   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-39    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 24 words   Used in 54 words   Used in 22 names   Component in 2 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   キ
Kun
   まわしい disgusting, abominable    to loathe, abhor
Kun   
Name    いまわ
⿱   self   heart  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 忌 is used 6 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 忌 is used 50 times, read 3 ways.
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キ : 38 words FIND ALL
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1. taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided
noun
2. contraindication  (medicine, etc. term)
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まわしい : 10 words FIND ALL
4
1. unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; disgusting; unsavory
2. unlucky; inauspicious
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(read as いみ) : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)  (see also: 子の日の遊び; obscure term)
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An additional い.む less common words include 忌 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 1122  Joy o' Kanji : 1122  Key to Kanji:

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キ    mourning   いまわしい disgusting, abominable   い to loathe, abhor   
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コ   キ   おのれ self   
シン   こころ heart   
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