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ム is katakana 'mu' and means 'private'

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Katakana
Common readings
Kun
   ム
Variants
ㄙ   ㇺ   厶  
Notes
Katakana 'mu' was derived from 牟 (pupil), which means pupil (of the eye).
The meaning 'private' ascribed to this character when used as a component comes from its usage in 私 (I).
Note that the kanji 厶 (private) is visually identical, but is not the hiragana character.
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, ム is used 24 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, ム is used 4786 times, read 1 way.
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ゲ ー ム 1
noun
game  (see also: コンピュータゲーム)
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An additional one less common word includes ム but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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ム
katakana 'mu'; private
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