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甫 means 'first time' or 'the first time'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 2643   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-6    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 1 word   Used in 5 words   Used in 488 names   Component in 40 kanji (7 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
On
   ホ
Additional readings
On    フ
Kun    はじめて for the first time, not until
Name    はじめ   とし   なみ   すけ   よし
Components
⿱  ⿻  十 ten  丶 dot  用 to use  
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Most useful words by reading
甫 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 甫 is used 4 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ホ (read as ぽ) : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
beginning of the year
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noun
your personal name  (archaic)
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はじめて : 1 word FIND ALL
は じ め て 2
Most common form: 初めて
1. for the first time  (see also: 始める)
2. only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...  (after the -te form of a verb)
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An additional ホ less common words include 甫 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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甫
ホ    the first time   
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用
ヨウ   もちいる to use   
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
丶
dot   
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