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袖 means 'sleeve'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 1564   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-25    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 26 words   Used in 50 words   Used in 123 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   シュウ
Kun
   そで sleeve
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An essay chock-full of quizzes explains how sleeves have connections to shady dealings, sexual attraction, and lanterns. See how kimono design relates to marital status. Find out about a cursed kimono and a fish that has fins like kimono sleeves. Learn to say “signboard projecting from a building” and “desk with drawers on one side,” as well as “I'd like a long-sleeved shirt in yellow.”
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⿰  衤 (衣) clothes  由 reason  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 袖 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 袖 is used 47 times, read 2 ways.
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シュウ : 4 words FIND ALL
り ょ う し ゅ う 0
noun
leader; chief; boss
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そで : 43 words FIND ALL
そ で 0
noun
1. sleeve
2. wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
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An additional 1 less common words include 袖 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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袖
シュウ   そで sleeve   
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由
ユ   ユウ   ユイ   よし reason   
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衤
イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
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