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甥 means 'nephew'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 2325   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-4    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 4 words   Used in 7 words   Used in 3 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Kun
   おい nephew
On    セイ   ソウ   ショウ
Kun    むこ
⿰   life   male  
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甥 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 甥 is used 6 times, read 2 ways.
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your nephew  (honorific)
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noun
grandnephew
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An additional おい less common words include 甥 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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おい nephew   
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
デン   た rice field   
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