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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)
Common readings
On
   ダン   ナン
Kun
   おとこ male, man
Additional readings
Kun    お
Name    み
Components
⿱  田 rice field  力 effort  
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Most useful words by reading
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
だ ん し 1
noun
youth; young man
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ナン : 20 words FIND ALL
ち ょ う な ん 1 ち ょ う な ん 3
noun
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
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おとこ : 111 words FIND ALL
お と こ の こ 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.
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Additional data
Henshall: 42 (originally: 54)  Joy o' Kanji : 54  Key to Kanji: 722 

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男
ダン   ナン   おとこ male, man   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
田
デン   た rice field   
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