# 各 — Each

Frequency rank 496 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 頃 (Approximate), less common than 戸 (Door).

- On’yomi: かく
- Kun’yomi: おの
- Radical: 口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

The character looks like a mouth swooping down with legs — it resembles someone bending down to kiss the ground, the shape of a kiss frozen mid-motion.

In words:

- 各 おのおの — each;every;either;respectively;severally
- 各々 おのおの — each,every,either,respectively,severally
- 各地 かくち — every place,various places

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