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褒 means 'praise'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 1984   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-37    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 23 words   Used in 35 words   Used in 6 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ホウ
Kun
   ほめる to praise
Variants
襃  
Components
⿴  衣 clothes  保 protect  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 褒 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 褒 is used 34 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ホウ : 20 words FIND ALL
ほ う び 0
noun
reward; prize
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ほめる : 12 words FIND ALL
ほ め る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to praise; to admire; to speak well of someone
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ほめる (read as ぼ) : 2 words FIND ALL
べ た ぼ め 0
high praise; eulogy; rave review
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An additional 1 less common words include 褒 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1803  Joy o' Kanji : 1803  Key to Kanji: - 

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褒
ホウ   ほめる to praise   
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保
ホ   たもつ to protect, safeguard   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
呆
ホウ   ボウ   amazed   あきれる to be amazed   ほうける    ほける    ぼける to be befuddled or slow; to go senile   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
衣
イ   ころも clothes   
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