# 沿 — Run Alongside

Frequency rank 1256 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 勘 (Intuition), less common than 狂 (Lunatic).

- On’yomi: えん
- Kun’yomi: そ
- Radical: 水 Water (Kangxi 85)
- Frequency path: Level X of XX

A tsunami on the left flows alongside a mouth on the right -- water from a tsunami running alongside the mouth of a river channel runs alongside the path.

In words:

- 沿う そう — to run along;to follow
- 沿い ぞい — along
- 沿線 えんせん — along railway line

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