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芥 means 'mustard' or 'trash'

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Strokes : 7    Frequency: 2215   Usefulness: 6    Study set: 6-4    Grade: 9   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 15 words   Used in 39 words   Used in 98 names   Not used as a component
Jinmeiyō (人名用)
Common readings
Kun
   からし mustard   あくた   ごみ trash
Additional readings
On    カイ   ケ
Components
⿱  艹 (艸) grass  介 mediate  
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Most useful words by reading
芥 is not used in the most common form of any of the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese.
Across all words in Japanese, 芥 is used 23 times, read 5 ways (with 2 variations).
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ケ (read as げ) : 6 words FIND ALL
ひ な げ し 2
noun
red poppy (Papaver rhoeas); common poppy; coquelicot  (see also: コクリコ; often written with kana only)
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ケ : 3 words FIND ALL
け し 0
noun
poppy (Papaver somniferum)  (often written with kana only)
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カイ : 1 word FIND ALL
noun
kitchen waste
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ごみ : 8 words FIND ALL
noun
bombardier beetle (any insect of subfamily Brachininae)  (often written with kana only)
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あくた : 2 words FIND ALL
ち り あ く た 0
noun
1. rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
2. worthless thing
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からし : 1 word FIND ALL
か ら し な 0
noun
Indian mustard (Brassica juncea); Chinese mustard; leaf mustard; brown mustard; mustard greens  (often written with kana only)
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からし (read as がらし) : 2 words FIND ALL
た が ら し 2
noun
1. celery-leaved buttercup (Ranunculus sceleratus); cursed buttercup  (often written with kana only)
2. woodland bittercress (Cardamine flexuosa); wavy bittercress  (see also: 種漬花)
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An additional からし less common words include 芥 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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芥
mustard; trash   からし mustard   あくた    ごみ trash   
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艹
grass   
介
カイ    mediate   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
丨
stick   
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