# 挿 — Insert

Frequency rank 1808 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 怠 (Lazy), less common than 軌 (Rut).

- On’yomi: そう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 手 Hand (Kangxi 64)
- Frequency path: Level XIV of XX

A hand on the left pushes a thousand on the right — a hand jamming a thousand things into a slot, trying to insert them all.

In words:

- 挿す さす — to insert,to put in,to graft,to wear in belt

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