# 副 — Vice

Frequency rank 1123 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 臓 (Internal Organs), less common than 詳 (Detailed).

- On’yomi: ふく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 刀 Knife (Kangxi 18)
- Frequency path: Level IX of XX

A scarecrow on the left stands next to a knife on the right — the scarecrow is the vice to the real guard, a substitute knife-wielder standing in as second in command.

In words:

- 副 とりわけ — especially;above all
- 副詞 ふくし — adverb

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