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忌 means 'mourning'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 2053   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-39    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 24 words   Used in 54 words   Used in 22 names   Component in 2 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   キ
Kun
   いまわしい disgusting, abominable   いむ to loathe, abhor
Additional readings
Kun    いみ
Name    いまわ
Components
⿱  己 self  心 heart  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 忌 is used 6 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 忌 is used 50 times, read 3 ways.
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キ : 38 words FIND ALL
き ん き 1 き ん き 0
1. taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided
noun
2. contraindication  (medicine, etc. term)
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いまわしい : 10 words FIND ALL
い ま わ し い 4
1. unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; disgusting; unsavory
2. unlucky; inauspicious
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いむ (read as いみ) : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)  (see also: 子の日の遊び; obscure term)
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An additional い.む less common words include 忌 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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忌
キ    mourning   いまわしい disgusting, abominable   いむ to loathe, abhor   
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己
コ   キ   おのれ self   
心
シン   こころ heart   
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