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豆 means 'bean'

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Strokes : 7    Radical number: 151    Frequency: 1185   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Challenge set: 6    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 55 words   Used in 154 words   Used in 359 names   Component in 35 kanji (12 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   トウ   ズ
Kun
   まめ bean
Additional readings
Name    ど   ま
Notes
From edamame to natto to tofu, Japan abounds in bean dishes. Learn about the most popular beans in Japan (unexpectedly named 小豆 and 大豆!), one of which is even popular with foxes! Find out which piece of furniture 豆 used to represent, as well as alternate meanings of 豆. Also discover its role as a radical in kanji such as 豊 (790: plentiful). Finally, learn a Japanese insult that involves tofu!
This is a synopsis of Joy o' Kanji's in-depth essay on 豆
Essay 1640 on 豆 (bean; "bean" radical) covers this radical, which can fill our heads (頭: 186) with abundant (豊: 790) happiness (喜: 450). Incidentally, when it comes to Jōyō kanji, 豆 is the on-duty radical only in 豊, as well as in 豆 itself.
Components
⿳  一 one  口 mouth  䒑 (艸) grass  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 豆 is used 4 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 豆 is used 123 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation). 1 words use a non-standard reading.
トウ : 22 words FIND ALL
noun
tofu; bean-curd
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トウ (read as どう) : 22 words FIND ALL
noun
freeze-dried tofu
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ズ : 8 words FIND ALL
noun
soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy
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まめ : 70 words FIND ALL
noun
1. legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas
2. soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy  (see also: 大豆)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
adzuki bean (Vigna angularis)
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Additional data
Henshall: 379 (originally: 1640)  Joy o' Kanji : 1640  Key to Kanji: 809 

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豆
トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
1
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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2
䒑
grass   
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