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童 means 'child'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1186   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-16    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 49    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 18 words   Used in 85 words   Used in 228 names   Component in 17 kanji (3 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ドウ
Kun
   わらべ a child
Additional readings
Name    ぱ
Components
⿱  立 stand  里 village  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 童 is used 4 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 童 is used 70 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ドウ : 61 words FIND ALL
じ ど う 1
noun
children; child; juvenile
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わらべ : 3 words FIND ALL
わ ら べ 2
noun
child  (see also: 子供; archaic)
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ぱ: 6 words. FIND ALL
か っ ぱ ま き 0
noun
cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed)
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An additional 15 less common words include 童 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Henshall: 385 (originally: 363)  Joy o' Kanji : 363  Key to Kanji: 817 

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童
ドウ   わらべ a child   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
里
リ   さと village   
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