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等 means 'equal'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 538   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-14    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 27    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 87 words   Used in 287 words   Used in 237 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   トウ
Kun
   ひとしい equal, similar
Additional readings
Kun    など etc   -ら
Name    と   ひ
Components
⿱  ⺮ (竹) bamboo  寺 temple  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 等 is used 10 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 等 is used 275 times, read 4 ways (with 1 variation).
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トウ : 240 words FIND ALL
こ う と う 0
high class; high grade
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トウ (read as どう) : 12 words FIND ALL
び ょ う ど う 0
equality; impartiality; evenness
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など : 3 words FIND ALL
expression
for the likes of me
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-ら (read as ら) : 17 words FIND ALL
pronoun
I; me  (archaic; humble)
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ひとしい : 3 words FIND ALL
ひ と し い 3
equal; similar; like; equivalent
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An additional 14 less common words include 等 but the readings have not yet been categorized.
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Henshall: 383 (originally: 361)  Joy o' Kanji : 361  Key to Kanji: 803 

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等
トウ   ひとしい equal, similar   
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⺮
bamboo
寺
ジ   temple   てら Buddhist temple   
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寸
スン   inch
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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