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磨 means 'polish'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 1557   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-19    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 53    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 40 words   Used in 86 words   Used in 598 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   マ
Kun
   みがく to polish, grind
Additional readings
Kun    する
Name    おさむ
Notes
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Components
⿸  麻 flax; flux  石 stone  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 磨 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 磨 is used 66 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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マ : 32 words FIND ALL
け ん ま 1
1. grinding; polishing
2. studying (hard); striving to master something
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みがく : 21 words FIND ALL
み が く 0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth)
2. to refine; to improve
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する : 11 words FIND ALL
す り へ る 3 す り へ る 0
Most common form: 擦り減る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be worn down; to be reduced
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する (read as すり) : 2 words FIND ALL
す り ガ ラ ス 3
Most common form: 摺硝子
noun
ground glass; frosted glass
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An additional 20 less common words include 磨 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1831  Joy o' Kanji : 1831  Key to Kanji: - 

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磨
マ   みがく to polish, grind   
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麻
マ   flax; flux   あさ flax, hemp   
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林
リン   wood; trees   はやし wood   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
广
stony cliff
石
セキ   シャク   コク   いし stone   
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丆
whereupon one
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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