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烏 means 'crow'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 2060   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-3    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 69 words   Used in 141 words   Used in 345 names   Component in 199 kanji (4 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
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   ウ
Kun
   からす crow
On   
Kun    いずくんぞ   なんぞ
 bird   white  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 烏 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 烏 is used 81 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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ウ : 29 words FIND ALL
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noun
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
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オ : 4 words FIND ALL
Most common form: おこの沙汰
noun
stupidity; absurdity; presumption; impertinence
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からす : 21 words FIND ALL
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Most common form: カラス
noun
crow (Corvus spp.); raven  (often written with kana only)
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からす (read as がらす) : 27 words FIND ALL
3
noun
spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional ウ less common words include 烏 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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ウ   からす crow   
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チョウ   とり bird   
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ハク   しろ white   しろ    しら-    
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
reach
fire
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