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数 means 'number'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 139   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-3    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 16    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 184 words   Used in 1067 words   Used in 430 names   Component in 2 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   スウ   ス
Kun
   かず number   かぞえる to count
Additional readings
On    サク   ソク   シュ
Kun    しばしば   せめる   わずらわしい
Name    じゅ
Variants
數 (kyujitai)  
Components
⿰  ⿱  米 rice  女 woman; female  攵 strike  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 数 is used 34 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 数 is used 1048 times, read 7 ways (with 2 variations).
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スウ : 968 words FIND ALL
す う じ 0
noun
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character  (mathematics)
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ス (read as ず) : 7 words FIND ALL
た に ん ず 2
noun
large number of people
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スウ (read as ずう) : 6 words FIND ALL
に ん ず う 0
noun
1. the number of people
2. many people; a large number of people
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ス : 6 words FIND ALL
す き 2
Most common form: 数奇
noun
refined taste; elegant pursuits  (see also: 好き)
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シュ (read as じゅ) : 5 words FIND ALL
じ ゅ ず 2
noun
rosary; string of prayer beads  (Buddhist term)
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サク (read as さっ) : 1 word FIND ALL
さ っ き 1
noun
1. misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate
2. unfortunate (e.g. life); checkered; varied
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かず : 39 words FIND ALL
か ず 1
noun
number; amount
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しばしば : 1 word FIND ALL
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly  (see also: 度々; often written with kana only; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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かぞえる : 15 words FIND ALL
か ぞ え る 3
ichidan verb, transitive verb
to count; to enumerate
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An additional 19 less common words include 数 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 168 (originally: 151)  Joy o' Kanji : 151  Key to Kanji: 586 

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数
スウ   ス   かず number   かぞえる to count   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
攵
ぼく strike   
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