# 模 — Imitation

Frequency rank 883 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 列 (Row), less common than 脳 (Brain).

- On’yomi: も、ぼ
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 木 Tree (Kangxi 75)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

A tree on the left meets a greenhouse on the right — a tree grows next to a greenhouse that creates imitations of natural forests, fake trees copying real ones.

In words:

- 模様 もよう — pattern,figure,design
- 模型 もけい — model;dummy;maquette
- 模範 もはん — exemplar;exemplification;exemplum;model;example

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