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粥 means 'rice gruel'

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Strokes : 12    Frequency: 2527   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-6    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 9 words   Used in 25 words   Used in 62 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
Kun
   かゆ rice gruel
Additional readings
On    イク   シュク   ジュク
Kun    かい   ひさぐ
Variants
鬻  
Components
⿲  弓 bow  米 rice  弓 bow  
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粥 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 粥 is used 22 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
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ジュク : 3 words FIND ALL
atherosclerosis; atherosclerotic  (medicine, etc. term)
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かゆ : 10 words FIND ALL
か ゆ 0 か ゆ 1
noun
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
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かゆ (read as がゆ) : 9 words FIND ALL
noun
1. rice gruel with mochi  (food term)
2. azuki bean gruel eaten around the 15th day of the first month  (food term)
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Additional less common words include 粥 but readings have not yet been categorized.
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粥
かゆ rice gruel   
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米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
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   
弜
double bow; strong   
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弓
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
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