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育 means 'grow up'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 374   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-9    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 23    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 55 words   Used in 253 words   Used in 517 names   Component in 14 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
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   イク
Kun
   そだつ to grow up   そだてる   はぐくむ to raise, to rear
Additional readings
Kun    そだち
Name    やす
Components
⿱  𠫓 private lidded  月 month; moon  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 育 is used 16 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 育 is used 251 times, read 3 ways.
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イク : 217 words FIND ALL
き ょ う い く 0
training; education
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そだつ : 33 words FIND ALL
そ だ つ 2
'tsu' godan verb, intransitive verb
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
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はぐくむ : 1 word FIND ALL
は ぐ く む 3
'mu' godan verb, transitive verb
to raise; to rear; to bring up
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An additional そだ.てる less common words include 育 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Henshall: 247 (originally: 227)  Joy o' Kanji : 227  Key to Kanji: 23 

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育
イク   そだつ to grow up   そだてる    はぐくむ to raise, to rear   
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private lidded
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厶
ム   private
亠
lid
月
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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