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男 means 'male'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 84   JLPT: N5    Usefulness: 1    Study set: 1-3    Grade: 1   Intermediate lesson: 3    Beginner lesson: 10   Begins 160 words   Used in 230 words   Used in 2505 names   Component in 13 kanji (3 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   ダン   ナン
Kun
   おとこ male, man
Kun   
Name   
⿱   rice field   effort  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 男 is used 16 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 男 is used 221 times, read 4 ways.
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ダン : 72 words FIND ALL
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noun
youth; young man
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ナン : 20 words FIND ALL
1 3
noun
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
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おとこ : 111 words FIND ALL
3
expression, noun
boy; male child; baby boy
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お : 18 words FIND ALL
noun
man who is popular with women
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An additional 9 less common words include 男 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 42 (originally: 54)  Joy o' Kanji : 54  Key to Kanji: 722 

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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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