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束 means 'bundle'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 869   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-19    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 32    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 21 words   Used in 112 words   Used in 210 names   Component in 64 kanji (7 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ソク
Kun
   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle
Additional readings
Kun    つか   つかねる
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 束 - click the badge to download
With 束, you can create order: Establish binding agreements, promises, and appointments. Pull together unions! Using just one verb, either make a ponytail or govern a nation! If you have keys on a keyring, a cluster of raw noodles, or a bouquet, 束 is a vital kanji. See how bundles of cash have inspired fun idioms. Also learn how a wooden post gave rise to a common term for "short-lived."
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Components
⿻  木 tree  口 mouth  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 束 is used 6 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 束 is used 107 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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ソク : 68 words FIND ALL
や く そ く 0
1. promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date
2. convention; rule
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ソク (read as ぞく) : 8 words FIND ALL
そ う ぞ く 1
1. costume; personal appearance
2. interior decoration; landscaping; furniture
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たば : 24 words FIND ALL
た ば 1
Most common form: 把
noun, noun (suffix), counter
bundle; bunch; sheaf
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つか : 6 words FIND ALL
つ か の ま 0
Most common form: つかの間
moment; brief time; brief; transient
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つか (read as づか) : 1 word FIND ALL
い な づ か 2
noun
sheaf of rice; bundle of rice plants
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An additional たば.ねる less common words include 束 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 561 (originally: 1535)  Joy o' Kanji : 1535  Key to Kanji: 677 

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束
ソク   たば bundle   たばねる to tie in a bundle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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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   
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