# 径 — Diameter

Frequency rank 1685 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 冗 (Superfluous), less common than 竜 (Dragon).

- On’yomi: けい
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 彳 Step (Kangxi 60)
- Frequency path: Level XIII of XX

A person loitering on the left holds a sickle on the right -- measuring the loitering path with a sickle's curve gives you the diameter of the circle.

In words:

- 直径 ちょっけい — diameter
- 半径 はんけい — radius

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