# 介 — Jammed In

Frequency rank 431 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 写 (Copy), less common than 省 (Conserve).

- On’yomi: かい
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 人 Person (Kangxi 9)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

The jammed in kanji looks like a person squeezed between two angled lines — someone literally jammed in a tight space, arms pinned.

In words:

- 紹介 しょうかい — introduction
- 介入 かいにゅう — intervention
- 介護 かいご — nursing

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