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灸 means 'moxibustion'
Common readings
On
キュウ
Additional readings
On ク
Kun やいと moxa cautery, chastisement
Notes
Moxibustion is an ancient Chinese therapy in which dried mugwort is burnt on the skin.
See also
艾 mugwort
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灸 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 灸 is used 11 times, read 2 ways.
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schizomid (any arachnid of order Schizomida) (often written with kana only)(click the word to view an additional 1 form, examples and links)
An additional キュウ less common words include 灸 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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