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繁 means 'luxuriant'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 1249   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-16    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 32 words   Used in 43 words   Used in 539 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ハン
Additional readings
Kun    しげる to grow thickly   しげく frequently
Variants
繁  
Components
⿱  敏 cleverness  糸 thread  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 繁 is used 4 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 繁 is used 36 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ハン : 25 words FIND ALL
は ん え い 0
prospering; prosperity; thriving; flourishing
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ハン (read as ぱん) : 3 words FIND ALL
ひ ん ぱ ん 0
frequent; incessant
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しげる : 8 words FIND ALL
し げ し げ 1 し げ し げ 3
Most common form: しげしげ
1. frequently; often  (often written with kana only)
2. fixedly; narrowly; closely  (often written with kana only)
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An additional 6 less common words include 繁 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1720  Joy o' Kanji : 1720  Key to Kanji: - 

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繁
ハン    luxuriant, thickly growing   
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敏
ビン    cleverness   
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毎
マイ   every, each
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
毋
ボ   はは mother   
攵
ぼく strike   
糸
シ   いと thread   
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