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忍 means 'endure'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 1122   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-12    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 50 words   Used in 86 words   Used in 167 names   Component in 6 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ニン
Kun
   しのぶ to endure; lie hidden   しのばせる to conceal
Additional readings
Name    おし
Components
⿱  刃 blade  心 heart  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 忍 is used 3 times, read 2 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 忍 is used 77 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ニン : 39 words FIND ALL
に ん た い 1
endurance; perseverance; patience
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しのぶ : 33 words FIND ALL
し の ぶ 2 し の ぶ 0
'bu' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to conceal oneself; to hide
2. to endure
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しのぶ (read as しのぶ) : 5 words FIND ALL
し の ぶ 0
noun
1. squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii)  (often written with kana only)
2. Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern)  (see also: 軒忍; often written with kana only)
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An additional しの.ばせる less common words include 忍 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1677  Joy o' Kanji : 1677  Key to Kanji: - 

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忍
ニン   しのぶ to endure; lie hidden   しのばせる to conceal   
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刃
ジン   は blade   
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丶
dot   
刀
トウ   かたな sword   
心
シン   こころ heart   
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