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尢 means 'lame'

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Strokes : 3    Radical number: 43    Usefulness: 7    Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 0 words   Used in 1 word   Component in 34 kanji (3 Jōyō)
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On    オウ
              
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 one   person  
 stature   () not, nothing  
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noun
kanji "crooked-leg" dai radical (radical 43)
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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