# 得 — Acquire

Frequency rank 261 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 想 (Imagine), less common than 産 (Give Birth).

- On’yomi: とく
- Kun’yomi: え、う
- Radical: 彳 Step (Kangxi 60)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The single leg loiters at the temple gate, thigh flicking, shin flicking, the white-hot sun going to work on the asphalt under its sole.

In words:

- 得る える — to get,to gain,to win
- 得意 とくい — pride,triumph,prosperity
- 得点 とくてん — score;points made;marks obtained;runs

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