# 卒 — Graduate

Frequency rank 903 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 帝 (Sovereign), less common than 秘 (Secret).

- On’yomi: そつ
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 十 Ten (Kangxi 24)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

A lid (亠) covers two persons (人人) around a cross (十) — the graduating class gathers under one cap, crossing the finish line together.

In words:

- 卒業 そつぎょう — graduation
- 卒直 そっちょく — frankness,candour,openheartedness
- 何卒 どうぞ — please;kindly;by all means

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