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膏 means 'fat'

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Strokes : 14    Frequency: 2852   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-8    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 6 words   Used in 26 words   Used in 2 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
On
   コウ
Kun
   あぶら fat, grease, lard, paste, ointment, plaster
⿱   expensive; high   () month; moon  
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膏 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 膏 is used 24 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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コウ : 20 words FIND ALL
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noun
ointment; salve
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コウ (read as ごう) : 1 word FIND ALL
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noun
double-dealer; fence-sitter; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict; duplicity; turncoat  (yojijukugo)
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あぶら : 3 words FIND ALL
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Most common form:
noun
fat; tallow; lard; grease  (see also: )
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An additional コウ less common words include 膏 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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コウ   あぶら fat, grease, lard, paste, ointment, plaster   
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コウ   expensive; high   たか    たか expensive, tall, high   たかまる to be elevated   たかめる to promote, heighten   
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wide mouth
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wide
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
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