Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1782 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 4
Meaning: superfluous, uselessness
Kunyomi:
Onyomi: ジョウ
Composition: 冖 几
Radical: 冖
Reading: わかんむり
Meaning: cover
Strokes: 2
冗談(じょうだん) joke
冗長な(じょうちょうな) tedious, verbose, redundancy
冗 (ジョウ) waste, uselessness, redundance
冗談 (ジョウダン) joke, jest, funny story