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母 means 'mother'

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Strokes : 5    Radical number: 80    Frequency: 238   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-4    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 4    Beginner lesson: 15   Begins 92 words   Used in 241 words   Used in 371 names   Component in 23 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ボ
Kun
   はは mother
Additional readings
Kun    も
Variants
⺟   毋   ⽏   毌  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 母 is used 14 times, read 2 ways. 2 words use a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 母 is used 183 times, read 3 ways. 2 words use a non-standard reading.
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そ ぼ 1
grandmother  (see also: 婆)
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はは : 25 words FIND ALL
は は 2
noun
mother  (see also: 父; かか was used by children; humble)
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も : 14 words FIND ALL
い り も や 0
Most common form: 入り母屋
noun
gabled, hipped roof
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Part of a non-standard reading: 2 words. FIND ALL
お か あ さ ん 2
noun
mother  (see also: 母さん; honorific)
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An additional 58 less common words include 母 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 222 (originally: 203)  Joy o' Kanji : 203  Key to Kanji: 959 

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母
ボ   はは mother   
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