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鼓 means 'hand drum'

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Strokes : 13    Radical number: 207    Frequency: 1730   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-30    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 21 words   Used in 68 words   Used in 182 names   Component in 8 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   コ
Kun
   つづみ hand drum
Notes
A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 鼓 - click the badge to download
Learn about a wide range of Japanese drums, including the small, ropy type played on the shoulder. See what "taiko" means in Japan versus abroad, and learn how ensemble drumming was created quite recently. Also discover traditional drumming contexts, from the battlefield to the shrine to the theater. Find out which "drums" you can consume and where drums lie in the human body!
Radical 207 appears in only one Jōyō kanji, which is 鼓 itself! See essay 1234 on 鼓 (drum; to beat; encourage, muster; 'drum' radical) to find out all about this radical and autonomous kanji.
Components
⿰  壴 ten beans  支 support  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 鼓 is used 5 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 鼓 is used 63 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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コ : 55 words FIND ALL
た い こ 0
drum
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コ (read as ご) : 1 word FIND ALL
し ょ う ご 1
noun
small gong (used in gagaku)  (see also: 雅楽)
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つづみ : 7 words FIND ALL
つ づ み 1
noun
hand drum
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An additional 5 less common words include 鼓 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1234  Joy o' Kanji : 1234  Key to Kanji: - 

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鼓
コ   つづみ hand drum   
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壴
ten beans
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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   
丨
stick   
豆
トウ   ズ   まめ bean   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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䒑
grass   
支
シ   ささえる to support   
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又
また again   
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