# 点 — Point

Frequency rank 189 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 八 (Eight), less common than 様 (Formal Name Ender).

- On’yomi: てん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 火 Fire (Kangxi 86)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 9

The Fortune teller lets the Fire keep eating the running man's back and reads the one Boil on his neck instead, pressing a thumbnail into it until it bursts down his collar.

In words:

- 点 てん — point,dot
- 点々 てんてん — here and there,little by little
- 点く つく — to catch fire,(electricity) comes on

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