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鼠 means 'mouse'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 2277   Usefulness: 7    Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 41 words   Used in 175 words   Used in 54 names   Component in 28 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Hyōgaiji (表外字)
Common readings
On
   ソ
Kun
   ねずみ mouse
Additional readings
On    ショ
Kun    ねず
Variants
⿏   鼡  
Components
⿱  臼 mortar  雨 rain  
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鼠 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 鼠 is used 113 times, read 3 ways.
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ソ : 29 words FIND ALL
rat radical (number 208)
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ねずみ : 81 words FIND ALL
ね ず み さ ん 3
noun
1. geometric progression
2. proliferation; multiplying like rats
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ねず : 3 words FIND ALL
ね ず こ 0
noun
Japanese arborvitae (Thuja standishii)  (see also: 黒檜; often written with kana only)
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An additional ソ less common words include 鼠 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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鼠
ソ   ねずみ mouse   
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臼
キュウ   うす a mortar   
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彐
yo = to yell / say hi
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雨
ウ   あめ    あま- rain   
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