# 例 — Example

Frequency rank 361 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 北 (North), less common than 井 (Well).

- On’yomi: れい
- Kun’yomi: たと
- Radical: 人 Person (Kangxi 9)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

A leader (亻) holds a knife (刀) near a mouth (口) while a person (卩) watches — the leader demonstrates by example, showing the person how to carve.

In words:

- 例えば たとえば — for example
- 例 れい — instance,example,case
- 例え たとえ — example;even if;if;though;although

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