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賓 means 'VIP'

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Strokes : 15    Frequency: 2597   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-48    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 5 words   Used in 23 words   Used in 22 names   Component in 14 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   ヒン
Variants
宾 (Chinese)   賓  
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Learn to talk about guests, whether they're party guests enjoying refreshments, foreign guests in Kyoto ryokans, guest speakers, or a queen who is guest of honor at a ceremony. Also learn words related to VIPS (e.g., imperial family members or CEOs). See pictures of posh state guest houses where U.S. presidents have stayed. And discover two connections between pigs and guests!
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⿳  ⿵  宀 roof  一 one  少 few  貝 shellfish  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 賓 is used 3 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 賓 is used 18 times, read 1 way.
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し ゅ ひ ん 0
noun
main guest; guest of honor; guest of honour
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An additional 4 less common words include 賓 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1744  Joy o' Kanji : 1744  Key to Kanji: - 

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賓
ヒン    VIP   
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貝
かい shellfish   
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ハ
katakana 'ha'; eight
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
少
ショウ   すこし a little   すくない few   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
小
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
宀
roof   
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