# 屋 — Roof

Frequency rank 166 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 務 (Task), less common than 連 (Take Along).

- On’yomi: おく
- Kun’yomi: や
- Radical: 尸 Corpse (Kangxi 44)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

Nobody will move the corpse off the top shelf, so they plant a flag in his ribs, shovel dirt over him and stand the stool on that pile to reach the hatch.

In words:

- 屋上 おくじょう — rooftop
- 部屋 へや — room
- 屋根 やね — roof

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