# 察 — Guess

Frequency rank 509 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 勢 (Force), less common than 統 (Unite).

- On’yomi: さつ
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 宀 Roof (Kangxi 40)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

Under a roof (宀), a festival (祭) is examined — inspecting every detail of the festival preparations requires careful guessing and deduction.

In words:

- 察する さっする — to guess;to sense;to presume;to judge;to sympathize with
- 警察 けいさつ — police
- 診察 しんさつ — medical examination

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