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爾 means 'you'

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Strokes : 14    Frequency: 2546   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-6    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 7 words   Used in 27 words   Used in 385 names   Component in 17 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
On
   ニ
Additional readings
On    ジ
Kun    なんじ   しかり   その   のみ   おれ   しか
Name    ちか   み
Notes
simplified to 尔 (small man)
Components
⿱  ⿵  丌 table  丨 stick  ⿵  冂 wide  ⿰  爻 divination  爻 divination  
See also
尔 (尓) small man  你 you  
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Most useful words by reading
爾 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 爾 is used 17 times, read 5 ways.
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ジ : 11 words FIND ALL
smiling
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ニ : 2 words FIND ALL
て に を は 0
Most common form: てにをは
noun
postpositions; particles  (often written with kana only)
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しか : 2 words FIND ALL
し か り 2
Most common form: しかり
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yea; aye; affirmative  (often written with kana only)
irregular ru verb, plain form ends with -ri, intransitive verb
2. to be so  (archaic)
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なんじ : 1 word FIND ALL
thou; you  (archaic)
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おれ : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
you  (archaic; vulgar expression or word)
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An additional ニ less common words include 爾 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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爾
ニ    you   
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爻
divination
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㐅
crossed swords
乂
crossed swords
冂
wide
丌
table
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丨
stick   
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