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宮 means 'palace'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 386   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-1    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 43 words   Used in 160 words   Used in 4174 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ク   キュウ   グウ
Kun
   みや palace, shrine
Additional readings
On    クウ
Name    ぐ   み
Variants
宫  
Components
⿱  宀 roof  呂 spine; ロ sound  
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See also
官 bureaucrat  営 occupied  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 宮 is used 11 times, read 4 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 宮 is used 150 times, read 5 ways.
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キュウ : 64 words FIND ALL
き ゅ う で ん 0
palace
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グウ : 42 words FIND ALL
じ ん ぐ う 3
noun, noun (suffix)
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
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ク : 6 words FIND ALL
noun
moon palace of the Hindu god Chandra  (see also: 月宮殿)
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クウ : 1 word FIND ALL
げ く う 2
noun
Outer shrine of Ise  (see also: 豊受大神宮)
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みや : 37 words FIND ALL
み や 0
noun
1. shrine
2. palace; imperial residence
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An additional 官 less common words include 宮 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 274 (originally: 256)  Joy o' Kanji : 256  Key to Kanji: 186 

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宮
ク   キュウ   グウ   みや palace, shrine   
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呂
リョ   ロ    spine   
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丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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宀
roof   
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