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歯 means 'tooth'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1065   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-20    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 33    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 121 words   Used in 297 words   Used in 62 names   Component in 4 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シ
Kun
   は tooth
Additional readings
Kun    よわい   よわい   よわいする
Variants
⻭   齒  
Notes
Find out about the shape of the radical in 歯 and 齢 (age) versus that of the variant, and discover the etymologies of these two kanji. Also enjoy creative depictions of 歯科 (dentistry).
Components
⿱  止 stop  ⿶  凵 open box  米 rice  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 歯 is used 9 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 歯 is used 242 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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シ : 129 words FIND ALL
し か 1 し か 2 し か 0
noun
dentistry
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は : 77 words FIND ALL
は 1
noun
tooth
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よわい : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
(one's) age
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は (read as ば) : 32 words FIND ALL
む し ば 0
cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; caries
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は (read as ぱ) : 3 words FIND ALL
で っ ぱ 1
protruding tooth; overbite; bucktooth
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An additional 35 less common words include 歯 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 306 (originally: 290)  Joy o' Kanji : 290  Key to Kanji: 436 

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歯
シ   は tooth   
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止
シ   とめる to stop   とまる to stop   
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   
凵
open box
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