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僅 means 'very little'
Common readings
On
キン
Additional readings
On ゴン
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In certain fonts, stroke 6 is missing, and the total number of strokes is only 12. The variant is considered an acceptable Joyo variant, but it does not have a separate Unicode codepoint.
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 僅 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 僅 is used 10 times, read 2 ways.
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キン
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noun, 'no' adjective
narrow margin (esp. victory or defeat); slim margin(click the word for examples and links)
わずか
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'na' adjective, adverb, noun
only; merely; (a) little; small quantity (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
An additional わず.か less common words include 僅 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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