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焦 means 'impatience'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1454   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-22    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 43 words   Used in 63 words   Used in 7 names   Component in 18 kanji (1 Jōyō)
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Common readings
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   ショウ
Kun
   あせる to be impatient   こげる to be burned, to be scorched   こがす to burn, to scorch   こがれる to yearn for, to be in love with
Additional readings
Kun    じれる to be impatient   じれったい vexing, irritating
Components
⿱  隹 little bird  灬 (火) fire  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 焦 is used 6 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 焦 is used 62 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
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ショウ : 32 words FIND ALL
し ょ う て ん 1
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
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こげる : 23 words FIND ALL
こ が す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
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あせる : 3 words FIND ALL
あ せ り 3
noun
impatience
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じれる : 3 words FIND ALL
じ ら す 2
'su' godan verb, transitive verb
to tease; to peeve; to play cat and mouse with; to keep (someone) in suspense; to irritate  (often written with kana only)
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こげる (read as こげ) : 1 word FIND ALL
き な く さ い 4
Most common form: きな臭い
1. burning or scorched smell
2. imminent military action
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An additional こ.がす less common words include 焦 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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焦
ショウ   impatience   あせる to be impatient   こげる to be burned, to be scorched   こがす to burn, to scorch   こがれる to yearn for, to be in love with   
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隹
little bird
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灬
fire
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