# 乗 — Ride

Frequency rank 351 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 帰 (Return Home), less common than 住 (Dwell).

- On’yomi: じょう
- Kun’yomi: の
- Radical: 丿 Slash (Kangxi 4)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

Grain (grain) grows above and a tree (tree) stands below — the grain weighs down the tree branch as someone climbs up to ride the overloaded tree like a horse, mounting and riding it.

In words:

- 乗る のる — to get on,to ride
- 乗り物 のりもの — vehicle
- 乗せる のせる — to place on (something),to take on board,to give a ride

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