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当 means 'hit'

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Strokes : 6    Frequency: 68   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-1    Grade: 2   Intermediate lesson: 7    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 186 words   Used in 507 words   Used in 414 names   Component in 3 kanji (0 Jōyō)
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Common readings
On
   トウ
Kun
   あてる   あたる to hit
Additional readings
Kun    あたり   あて   まさに   まさにべし
Name    たい
Variants
當  
Components
⿱  ⺌ (小) small  ヨ (彐) yo = to yell / say hi  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 当 is used 37 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 当 is used 476 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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トウ : 279 words FIND ALL
ほ ん と う 0
1. truth; reality; actuality; fact
2. proper; right; correct; official
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トウ (read as どう) : 3 words FIND ALL
か ん ど う 0
disinheritance
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あてる : 154 words FIND ALL
あ た る 0
Most common form: 当る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to be hit; to strike  (opposite: 外す)
2. to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed
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あてる (read as あて) : 39 words FIND ALL
て あ て 1
Most common form: 手当て
1. salary; pay; compensation; allowance (e.g. housing allowance); benefit; bonus  (esp. 手当)
2. medical care; treatment  (esp. 手当て)
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まさに : 1 word FIND ALL
ま さ に 1
Most common form: まさに
1. exactly; surely; certainly  (esp. 正に when in kanji; often written with kana only)
2. right then; just then; at that moment  (often written with kana only)
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Additional less common words include 当 but readings have not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 200 (originally: 183)  Joy o' Kanji : 183  Key to Kanji: 802 

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当
トウ   あてる    あたる to hit   
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⺌
small
ヨ
yo = to yell / say hi
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