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住 means 'live'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 289   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-1    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 11    Beginner lesson: 19   Begins 91 words   Used in 199 words   Used in 1246 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ジュウ
Kun
   すむ to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)
Additional readings
On    ヂュウ   チュウ
Kun    -ずまい
Name    し   じゅ   すみ
Components
⿰  亻 (人) man  主 master  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 住 is used 16 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 住 is used 193 times, read 2 ways (with 6 variations).
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ジュウ : 161 words FIND ALL
じ ゅ う し ょ 1
noun
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
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すむ : 16 words FIND ALL
す む 1
'mu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide  (see also: 棲む)
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すむ (read as すみ) : 5 words FIND ALL
す み と も 0
Sumitomo (company)
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すむ (read as ず) : 3 words FIND ALL
ひ と り ず ま い 4
noun
living by oneself
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ずみ: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
Kurozumi-kyo (sect of Shinto)
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じ: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
home, residential use  (computer terminology)
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ずま: 5 words. FIND ALL
い ず ま い 2 い ず ま い 3
noun
one's (seated) posture
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すま: 1 word. FIND ALL
す ま い 0
Most common form: 住い
dwelling; house; residence; address
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An additional すま less common words include 住 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 325 (originally: 310)  Joy o' Kanji : 310  Key to Kanji: 493 

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住
ジュウ   すむ to live, to dwell   すまう to live (concept)   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
主
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
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