# 嘱 — Request

Frequency rank 2335 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 叡 (Intelligence), less common than 槻 (Zelkova tree).

- On’yomi: しょく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)
- Frequency path: Level XVIII of XX

A mouth on the left speaks to an insect under an umbrella on the right — the mouth requests the insect sheltering under the umbrella to come out and help.

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