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茅 means 'thatch'

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Strokes : 8    Frequency: 2513   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-6    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 11 words   Used in 24 words   Used in 280 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
On
   ボウ
Kun
   かや grass used for thatching, reed
Name
   ち
Additional readings
On    ミョウ
Kun    ちがや
Name    じ
Components
⿱  艹 (艸) grass  矛 halberd  
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茅 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 茅 is used 20 times, read 2 ways (with 3 variations).
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ぼ う お く 0
noun
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
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かや : 9 words FIND ALL
か や ば 0
noun
hayfield; field of miscanthus
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かや (read as がや) : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
orchard grass
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noun
broad field of sparsely growing cogon grass  (obscure term)
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ち: 5 words. FIND ALL
ち 0 ち 1
noun
cogon grass (Imperata cylindrica)  (often written with kana only)
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An additional かや less common words include 茅 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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茅
ボウ    thatch   かや grass used for thatching, reed   
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艹
grass   
矛
ム   ほこ halberd   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
予
ヨ    previously, in advance   
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マ
katakana 'ma'
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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