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活 means 'activity'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 190   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-4    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 17    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 109 words   Used in 373 words   Used in 271 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   カツ
Additional readings
Kun    いきる   いかす   いける
Components
⿰  氵 (水) water  舌 tongue  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 活 is used 12 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 活 is used 364 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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カツ : 300 words FIND ALL
せ い か つ 0
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
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カツ (read as かっ) : 48 words FIND ALL
か っ ぱ つ 0
vigor; vigour; active; lively
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いきる : 16 words FIND ALL
fresh-frozen (e.g. fish); quickly frozen
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Additional data
Henshall: 99 (originally: 244)  Joy o' Kanji : 244  Key to Kanji: 126 

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活
カツ    activity, resuscitation   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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氵
スイ   みず water   
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