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紺 means 'navy blue'

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Strokes : 11    Frequency: 1981   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-37    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 16 words   Used in 21 words   Used in 136 names   Not used as a component
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⿰  糸 thread  甘 sweet  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 紺 is used 1 time, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 紺 is used 18 times, read 1 way.
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こ ん 1
Most common form: こん
noun
navy blue; deep blue
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An additional 2 less common words include 紺 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Henshall: 1279  Joy o' Kanji : 1279  Key to Kanji: - 

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紺
コン    navy blue   
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甘
カン   あまい sweet, indulgent   あまえる to behave like a spoiled child   あまやかす to pamper   
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廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
丨
stick   
糸
シ   いと thread   
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