# 利 — Profit

Frequency rank 246 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 落 (Fall), less common than 運 (Carry).

- On’yomi: り
- Kun’yomi: き
- Radical: 刀 Knife (Kangxi 18)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

One flick of the broad blade shears the swollen head off the grain stalk, and the fishmonger sweeps up kernels he never planted.

In words:

- 利用 りよう — utilization
- 便利 べんり — useful, convenient
- 利口 りこう — clever,shrewd,bright,sharp,wise,intelligent

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