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霧 means 'fog'

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Strokes : 19    Frequency: 1559   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-25    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 17 words   Used in 46 words   Used in 229 names   Not used as a component
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ム
Kun
   きり fog
Additional readings
On    ボウ   ブ
Variants
雾 (Chinese)  
Notes
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Find out how to refer to fog with different terms, depending on time of day and location, and learn to say that a lake is shrouded in mist. See how 霧 worked its way into a term for a baseball scandal. Discover a term for “totally at a loss” and learn how it inspired a clever put-down of those overseeing the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Also find out how to say that a dream vanished like mist.
Components
⿱  ⻗ (雨) rain  務 work  
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See also
霞 fog  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 霧 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 霧 is used 45 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ム : 22 words FIND ALL
の う む 1
noun
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
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きり : 12 words FIND ALL
き り 0
Most common form: きり
noun
1. fog; mist  (see also: 靄, 霞)
2. spray
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きり (read as ぎり) : 11 words FIND ALL
あ さ ぎ り 2
noun
morning fog; morning mist  (see also: 夕霧)
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Additional data
Henshall: 1845  Joy o' Kanji : 1845  Key to Kanji: - 

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霧
ム   きり fog   
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⻗
フ   あめ rain   
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務
ム   つとめる to work   つとまる to be fit for   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
攵
ぼく strike   
矛
ム   ほこ halberd   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
予
ヨ    previously, in advance   
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マ
katakana 'ma'
丁
チョウ   テイ    a (city) block; counter for long/narrow things, blocks of tofu   
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