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乗 means 'load' or 'power'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 332   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-8    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 22    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 141 words   Used in 289 words   Used in 490 names   Component in 1 kanji (1 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ジョウ
Kun
   のる to board   のせる to load on
Additional readings
On    ショウ
Kun    -のり
Name    のり
Variants
乘  
Components
禾 grain  
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垂 hang down; hanging  𠦒 ten omikoshi  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 乗 is used 15 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 乗 is used 279 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ジョウ : 132 words FIND ALL
じ ょ う き ゃ く 0
noun
passenger
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のる : 131 words FIND ALL
の る 0
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark
2. to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount  (see also: 載る)
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のる (read as のり) : 16 words FIND ALL
の り く み い ん 4
noun
crew
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An additional の.せる less common words include 乗 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 336 (originally: 320)  Joy o' Kanji : 320  Key to Kanji: 549 

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乗
ジョウ   load; power   のる to board   のせる to load on   
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禾
grain
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