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亡 means 'dead'

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Strokes : 3    Frequency: 749   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-17    Grade: 6   Intermediate lesson: 31    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 52 words   Used in 105 words   Used in 4 names   Component in 39 kanji (8 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
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   ボウ   モウ
Kun
   ない to be deceased, to have ceased to be
Additional readings
Kun    なき-   ほろびる   ほろぶ   ほろぼす
Variants
亾  
Components
⿱  亠 lid  𠃊 shelf  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 亡 is used 6 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 亡 is used 104 times, read 5 ways.
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ボウ : 81 words FIND ALL
し ぼ う 0
1. death; mortality
2. to die; to pass away
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モウ : 5 words FIND ALL
も う じ ゃ 1
noun
the dead
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ない : 13 words FIND ALL
な く な る 0
Most common form: なくなる
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to die
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ほろびる : 4 words FIND ALL
ほ ろ ぼ す 3
Most common form: 滅ぼす
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
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なき- (read as なき) : 1 word FIND ALL
な き が ら 0
noun
remains; corpse; (dead) body
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An additional one less common word includes 亡 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 985 (originally: 973)  Joy o' Kanji : 973  Key to Kanji: 968 

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亡
ボウ   モウ   dead   ない to be deceased, to have ceased to be   
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shelf
亠
lid
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