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甚 means 'excessive'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 1631   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-27    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 16 words   Used in 24 words   Used in 142 names   Component in 22 kanji (2 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ジン
Kun
   はなはだしい excessive, severe   はなはだ immensely, greatly
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Components
⿱  甘 sweet  匹 counter for animals  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 甚 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 甚 is used 16 times, read 2 ways.
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ジン : 12 words FIND ALL
こ う じ ん 0
pleased; obliged; appreciative
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はなはだしい : 4 words FIND ALL
は な は だ 0
Most common form: はなはだ
very; greatly; exceedingly  (often written with kana only)
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An additional はなは.だ less common words include 甚 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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甚
ジン   はなはだしい excessive, severe   はなはだ immensely, greatly   
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甘
カン   あまい sweet, indulgent   あまえる to behave like a spoiled child   あまやかす to pamper   
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廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
匹
ヒツ   ひき counter for animals   
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儿
legs
匚
side open box
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