# 勘 — Intuition

Frequency rank 1257 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 棒 (Pole), less common than 沿 (Run Alongside).

- On’yomi: かん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 力 Power (Kangxi 19)
- Frequency path: Level X of XX

Spicy on the left, power in the middle, and a stool on the right — a powerful person sitting on a stool eating spicy food, their gut-burning intuition kicking in.

In words:

- 勘 かん — perception,intuition,the sixth sense
- 勘定 かんじょう — calculation,counting,consideration
- 勘弁 かんべん — pardon;forgiveness;forbearance

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