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琉 means 'lapis lazuli'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 2218   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-4    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 28 words   Used in 24 words   Used in 389 names   Not used as a component
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   リュウ   ル
⿰   king   private lidded river  
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琉 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 琉 is used 24 times, read 2 ways.
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リュウ : 23 words FIND ALL
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noun
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture  (see also: 沖縄)
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ル : 1 word FIND ALL
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noun
1. lapis lazuli
2. lapis lazuli (color)  (see also: 瑠璃色; abbreviation)
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An additional リュウ less common words include 琉 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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リュウ   ル    lapis lazuli, precious stone   
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オウ    king   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
private lidded river
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private lidded
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ム   private
lid
セン   かわ river   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
stick   
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