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淫 means 'lewd'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 1960   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-36    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 31 words   Used in 41 words   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
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   イン
Kun
   みだら lewd, licentious
Additional readings
Kun    ほしいまま   みだり   ひたす   みだれる
Notes
Right side exists using a different form of 爪 (claw) as a rare kanji, 㸒 (wish (for))
Components
⿰  氵 (水) water  ⿱  爫 (爪) claw  壬 burden  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 淫 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 淫 is used 41 times, read 2 ways.
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noun
obscenity; harlotry
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みだら : 1 word FIND ALL
み だ ら 1 み だ ら 0
Most common form: みだら
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper; dirty
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Additional data
Henshall: -  Joy o' Kanji : 1961  Key to Kanji: - 

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淫
イン   みだら lewd, licentious   
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壬
ニン    #9, 9th; burden   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
士
シ   samurai
爫
claw
氵
スイ   みず water   
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