# 曹 — Official

Frequency rank 2075 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 郁 (Cultural progress), less common than 佑 (Help).

- On’yomi: そう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 曰 Say (Kangxi 73)
- Frequency path: Level XVI of XX

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