# 担 — Carry

Frequency rank 569 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 妻 (Wife), less common than 江 (Inlet).

- On’yomi: たん
- Kun’yomi: にな、かつ
- Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

Fingers on the left grip dawn on the right — your fingers carry the dawn light, holding the sunrise and bringing it wherever it's needed.

In words:

- 担ぐ かつぐ — to shoulder,to carry on shoulder
- 担う になう — to carry on shoulder;to bear (burden);to shoulder (gun)
- 担当 たんとう — (in) charge

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