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敏 means 'cleverness'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1280   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-17    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 13 words   Used in 35 words   Used in 918 names   Component in 3 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ビン
Additional readings
Kun    さとい cleverness, agile, alert
Name    さとし   ちょう   とし   び
Variants
敏  
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This kanji helps describe a range of people: those who act quickly (e.g., to put out fires), those with nimble bodies or minds, and those who detect sights, sounds, and even opportunities that others miss. As sensitivity easily slips into oversensitivity, 敏 is also for Nervous Nellies. A fun aside: Find out how an old anatomy book has inspired a term for “detailed analysis.”
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⿰  毎 every, each  攵 strike  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 敏 is used 2 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 敏 is used 30 times, read 1 way.
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び ん か ん 0
sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; sensitive (to); well attuned to
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An additional 5 less common words include 敏 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1746  Joy o' Kanji : 1746  Key to Kanji: - 

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敏
ビン    cleverness   
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毎
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
毋
ボ   はは mother   
攵
ぼく strike   
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