# 厚 — Thick

Frequency rank 655 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 沢 (Swamp), less common than 酒 (Alcohol).

- On’yomi: こう
- Kun’yomi: あつ
- Radical: 厂 Cliff (Kangxi 27)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

A cliff at the top, a sun in the middle, and a child at the bottom — a child sits under the sun beneath a thick cliff, sheltered by the thick rock overhead.

In words:

- 厚い あつい — kind, deep, thick
- 厚かましい あつかましい — impudent,shameless,brazen

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