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鎧 means 'armor'

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Strokes : 18    Frequency: 2457   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-5    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 15 words   Used in 19 words   Used in 41 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
On
   ガイ
Kun
   よろい armor   よろ to put on armor
On    カイ
 what?!   gold  
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鎧 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 鎧 is used 17 times, read 3 ways.
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noun
American football
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よろい : 13 words FIND ALL
noun
Angelica dahurica (species of angelica)  (often written with kana only)
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よろ : 1 word FIND ALL
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1. to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself
2. to wear; to cover
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An additional ガイ less common words include 鎧 but the reading has not yet been categorized.

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ガイ   よろい armor   よろ to put on armor   
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あに what?! how?!   
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サン   やま mountain   
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トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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grass   
キン   コン   かね gold; money   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
eight
オウ    king   
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ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
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