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細 means 'thin'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 440   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-2    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 36    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 184 words   Used in 451 words   Used in 586 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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   サイ
Kun
   ほそい thin   ほそる to get thin, taper off   こまか   こまかい detailed, fine
Variants
细 (Chinese)  
Components
⿰  糸 thread  田 rice field  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 細 is used 8 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 細 is used 416 times, read 3 ways (with 3 variations).
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サイ : 290 words FIND ALL
し ょ う さ い 0
detail; particulars
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サイ (read as ざい) : 35 words FIND ALL
か い ざ い く 3
noun
shellwork
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ほそい : 44 words FIND ALL
ほ そ い 2
1. thin; slender; fine
2. unlucky (billiards slang)  (slang)
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こまか : 30 words FIND ALL
こ ま か い 3
1. small
2. fine; minute
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ほそい (read as ぼそ) : 16 words FIND ALL
こ こ ろ ぼ そ い 5
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging; disheartening
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ほそい (read as ぽそ) : 1 word FIND ALL
long and thin  (see also: 長細い)
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Additional less common words include 細 but readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 140 (originally: 284)  Joy o' Kanji : 284  Key to Kanji: 374 

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細
サイ   ほそい thin   ほそる to get thin, taper off   こまか    こまかい detailed, fine   
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糸
シ   いと thread   
田
デン   た rice field   
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