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楚 means 'switch'

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Strokes : 13    Frequency: 2135   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-3    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 3 words   Used in 9 words   Used in 61 names   Component in 1 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
On
   ソ
Kun
   すわえ switch (for flogging)
Additional readings
On    ショ
Kun    いばら   しもと
Components
⿱  林 wood; trees  疋 roll of cloth; bolt of cloth  
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楚 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 楚 is used 7 times, read 3 ways.
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ソ : 5 words FIND ALL
せ い そ 1
neat and clean; tidy; trim
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すわえ : 1 word FIND ALL
す わ え 0
noun
1. switch (long, tender shoot of a plant)  (archaic)
2. switch (cane used for flogging)  (see also: 笞)
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しもと : 1 word FIND ALL
し も と 3
noun
switch (flogging implement made from a branch)  (see also: 細枝; archaic)
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An additional ソ less common words include 楚 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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楚
ソ   すわえ switch (for flogging)   
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疋
ヒキ    roll / bolt of cloth   
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   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
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