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Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 677 / 2,608

One Sided

On’yomi
へん
Kun’yomi
かた
Radical
片 Slice (Kangxi 91)

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

More common than 留 (Detain), less common than 船 (Boat).

The one sided kanji looks like half of a split plank — a vertical line with horizontal strokes on only one side, literally showing just one side of something.

In words

片付ける かたづける to tidy upN4
片道 かたみち one-way (trip)N2
片言 かたこと a smattering;talk like a baby;speak haltinglyN1

片 is rank 677 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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