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麻 means 'flax; flux'

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Strokes : 11    Radical number: 200    Frequency: 881   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Challenge set: 3    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 67 words   Used in 175 words   Used in 2195 names   Component in 9 kanji (5 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   マ
Kun
   あさ flax, hemp
Additional readings
On    マア
Name    あ   あざ   お
Notes
This essay will be totally rad, man. That is, it's about 麻, which means "hemp" and can serve as the "hemp" radical. The essay presents Japanese terms for "marijuana" and other opiates, as well as "drug addiction," "torpor," "anesthetic," and "paralysis." Oh, and there's also talk of sesame seeds and brown-nosing.
This is a synopsis of Joy o' Kanji's in-depth essay on 麻
See essay 1829 on 麻 (hemp; "hemp" radical) to learn about this shape. Although it doesn't serve as a radical in any Jōyō kanji besides 麻 itself, it's a component in a few Jōyō characters, enabling us to polish (磨: 1831) things gently or chafe (摩: 1830) them roughly.
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⿸  广 stony cliff  林 wood; trees  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 麻 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 麻 is used 155 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
マ : 129 words FIND ALL
anaesthesia; anesthesia
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マア : 3 words FIND ALL
noun
mahjong; mah-jongg  (originally from Chinese)
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あさ : 20 words FIND ALL
noun
1. cannabis (Cannabis sativa); hemp (plant)
2. hemp (fiber); linen; flax; jute
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あ: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
Aso Faction (of the LDP)
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お: 2 words. FIND ALL
noun
old man's beard (any lichen of genus Usnea)  (often written with kana only)
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Additional data
Henshall: 1829  Joy o' Kanji : 1829  Key to Kanji: - 

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麻
マ   flax; flux   あさ flax, hemp   
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林
リン   wood; trees   はやし wood   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
1
人
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
1
丨
stick   
广
stony cliff
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