# 定 — Determine

Frequency rank 37 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

You will meet this constantly in published Japanese — newspapers, books, signs, and dates.

More common than 私 (I), less common than 入 (Enter).

- On’yomi: てい、じょう
- Kun’yomi: さだ
- Radical: 宀 Roof (Kangxi 40)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 8

A builder pulls a string tightly across a wall.

In words:

- 定まる さだまる — to become settled;to be fixed
- 定める さだめる — to decide;to establish;to determine
- 予定 よてい — arrangement

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