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獣 means 'beast'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 1634   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-27    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 32 words   Used in 92 words   Used in 16 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ジュウ
Kun
   けもの beast, animal
Additional readings
Kun    けだもの
Variants
兽 (Chinese)   獸  
Notes
Left side simplified from 嘼 (animal raising)
Components
⿰  ⿱  ⿱  ⺍ (小) small  田 rice field  ⿱  一 one  口 mouth  犬 dog  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 獣 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 獣 is used 85 times, read 2 ways.
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ジュウ : 81 words FIND ALL
か い じ ゅ う 0
noun
monster
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けもの : 4 words FIND ALL
け も の 0
noun
beast; brute; animal
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An additional 7 less common words include 獣 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1366  Joy o' Kanji : 1366  Key to Kanji: - 

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獣
ジュウ   けもの beast, animal   
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犬
ケン   いぬ dog   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丶
dot   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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⺍
small
田
デン   た rice field   
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