# 宮 — Shinto Shrine

Frequency rank 439 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 接 (Adjoin), less common than 答 (Answer).

- On’yomi: きゅう、ぐう
- Kun’yomi: みや
- Radical: 宀 Roof (Kangxi 40)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

A roof on top covers a bathtub below — under the sacred roof, a ritual bathtub serves as the purification pool of a Shinto shrine.

In words:

- 宮殿 きゅうでん — palace
- お宮 おみや — Shinto shrine

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