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禰 means 'ancestral shrine' and is a variant of

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Strokes : 18    Frequency: 2255   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-4    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 1 word   Used in 3 words   Used in 109 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
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On    デイ   ナイ
⿰   show   you  
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禰 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 禰 is used 3 times, read 1 way.
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noun
1. senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest)  (see also: 宮司, 神主; Shinto term)
2. grasshopper; locust  (obscure term)
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An additional ネ less common words include 禰 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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ネ    ancestral shrine   
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ニ    you   
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divination
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crossed swords
crossed swords
wide
table
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stick   
ジ   シ   しめ to show   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
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