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枕 means 'pillow'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 1721   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-30    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 27 words   Used in 55 words   Used in 41 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
Kun
   まくら pillow
Additional readings
On    チン   シン
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 枕 - click the badge to download
This wide-ranging essay examines literature over millennia, from ancient China to "The Pillow Book" to Basho and Soseki, plus the connections between pillows, travel, and poetry. The essay covers several types of pillows (e.g., those atop boxes, those you hug, and manly pillows), pillows as cures, pillow-flipping ghosts, figurative pillows (e.g., railroad ties!), a confection, and more.
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 枕 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 枕 is used 52 times, read 2 ways.
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チン : 6 words FIND ALL
か い ち ん 0
noun
bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism); sleeping  (Buddhist term)
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まくら : 46 words FIND ALL
ま く ら 1
Most common form: まくら
noun, noun (suffix)
1. pillow; bolster
2. introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
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An additional 3 less common words include 枕 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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枕
まくら pillow   
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冘
lame   
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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