# 式 — Ritual

Frequency rank 355 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 待 (Wait), less common than 離 (Detach).

- On’yomi: しき
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 弋 Shoot (Kangxi 56)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 6

A ceremony (弋) involves construction (工) — building the altar through careful construction is part of the sacred ritual.

In words:

- 式 しき — equation,formula,ceremony
- 式場 しきじょう — ceremonial hall;place of ceremony (e.g. marriage)
- 正式 せいしき — due form,official,formality

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