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鞘 means 'scabbard'

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Strokes : 16    Frequency: 2251   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-4    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 10 words   Used in 31 words   Used in 42 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
On
   ショウ
Kun
   さや scabbard
Additional readings
On    ソウ
Components
⿰  革 leather  肖 resemble  
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鞘 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 鞘 is used 30 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ショウ : 9 words FIND ALL
け ん し ょ う え ん 3
noun
inflammation of a tendon (sheath); tendonitis; tendinitis; tenosynovitis; tenovaginitis; tendovaginitis  (medicine, etc. term)
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さや : 16 words FIND ALL
も と さ や 0
noun
returning to normal after all is said and done
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さや (read as ざや) : 5 words FIND ALL
し ゅ ざ や 0
noun
red-lacquered sword sheath
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An additional さや less common words include 鞘 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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鞘
ショウ   さや scabbard   
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肖
ショウ    resemble   
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⺌
small
⺝
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
革
カク   かわ leather   
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中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
廿
twenty; 20   にじゅう twenty   
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十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
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