# 歌 — Song

Frequency rank 423 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 資 (Resources), less common than 満 (Full).

- On’yomi: か
- Kun’yomi: うた
- Radical: 欠 Lack (Kangxi 76)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

Two lip rings (可可) jingle beside a lack (欠) of silence — mouths adorned with rings singing song after song, never stopping.

In words:

- 歌 うた — song
- 歌う うたう — to sing
- 歌手 かしゅ — singer

[Study 歌](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E6%AD%8C)

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