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入 means 'enter'

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Strokes : 2    Radical number: 11    Frequency: 34   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-1    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 2    Beginner lesson: 2   Begins 350 words   Used in 1057 words   Used in 1284 names   Component in 40 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ニュウ
Kun
   いる to enter   はいる to enter   いれる to put in
Additional readings
On    ジュ
Kun    -いり   -いれ
Name    いり   いる   に   の   りり
Variants
⼊ (Chinese)  
Notes
It’s not at all surprising that 入 is the on-duty radical in 入, but it’s unexpected that 入 used to be in more characters and has since vanished from them!
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 入 is used 49 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 入 is used 1003 times, read 5 ways (with 2 variations).
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ニュウ : 570 words FIND ALL
に ゅ う が く 0
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.)
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ジュ : 3 words FIND ALL
じ ゅ す い 0
suicide by drowning; drowning oneself
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いる : 368 words FIND ALL
い れ る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo)
2. to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire
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いる (read as いり) : 31 words FIND ALL
い り ぐ ち 0
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth  (see also: 出口)
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はいる : 29 words FIND ALL
は い る 1
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to enter; to go into  (opposite: 出る)
2. to break into
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いれる (read as いれ) : 1 word FIND ALL
か り い れ き ん 0
Most common form: 借り入れ金
noun
loan; loan payable; debt
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はいる (read as はいり) : 1 word FIND ALL
は い り ま ち 0
noun
waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to arrive  (see also: 出待ち; slang)
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An additional い.れる less common words include 入 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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More information
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Additional data
Henshall: 28 (originally: 63)  Joy o' Kanji : 63  Key to Kanji: 836 

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入
ニュウ   いる to enter   はいる to enter   いれる to put in   
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