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隅 means 'corner'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 1375   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-18    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 52    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 12 words   Used in 25 words   Used in 272 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   グウ
Kun
   すみ corner, niche
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Find out how the Japanese use 隅 not only literally but also figuratively, as when they talk about finding a refuge, feeling isolated, knowing something A to Z, nitpicking, and "lighting up the corner." Learn about a corner of Japan associated with an important strait, poetry, and scientific discoveries. Also find out about a fireworks festival in Tokyo. Enjoy several gorgeous book covers featuring 隅!
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⿰  ⻖ (阜) hill  禺 long-tailed monkey; monkey  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 隅 is used 2 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 隅 is used 24 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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グウ : 2 words FIND ALL
い ち ぐ う 0
noun
corner; nook
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すみ : 21 words FIND ALL
す み 1
noun, noun (suffix)
1. corner; nook; recess
noun
2. downstage right (on a noh stage)  (see also: 目付柱; obscure term)
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すみ (read as ずみ) : 1 word FIND ALL
で ず み 0
noun
external corner angle of two walls, planes, etc.  (see also: 入隅)
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An additional 2 less common words include 隅 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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隅
グウ   すみ corner, niche   
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禺
グウ    long-tailed monkey   
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禸
tracks, footprint   
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冂
wide
厶
ム   private
田
デン   た rice field   
⻖
hill   
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