Components

蹴 means 'kick'

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Strokes : 19    Frequency: 1531   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-24    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 37 words   Used in 55 words   Used in 8 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
On
   シュウ
Kun
   to kick
On    シュク
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Whether you’re a fan of soccer, martial arts, or cockfights, 蹴 is for you. The same is true if you want to talk about kicking a vending machine hard, kicking someone accidentally, a mule that kicks up dust, or a horse that kicks when anyone approaches from behind. With 蹴 you can also speak of rejecting demands, beating challengers, stamping on the floor in anger, and treating someone poorly.
⿰   () foot   employed  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 蹴 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 蹴 is used 51 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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シュウ : 7 words FIND ALL
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1. kicking
2. rejecting; curtly refusing
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: 38 words FIND ALL
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to kick  (orig. ichidan verb)
2. to refuse; to reject
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(read as げ) : 6 words FIND ALL
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noun
dropkick; flying kick  (martial arts term)
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An additional 2 less common words include 蹴 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: Joy o' Kanji : 2032  Key to Kanji:

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シュウ   け to kick   
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ソク   あし foot; leg   た to add   た    たりる to be sufficient   
シュウ   ジュ   employed   つ to be employed, take (a seat)   つける to employ   
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キョウ   ケイ    capital   
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ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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lid
もっと plausible   
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lame   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
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