# 申 — Say Humbly

Frequency rank 598 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 御 (Honorable), less common than 率 (Percent).

- On’yomi: しん
- Kun’yomi: もう
- Radical: 田 Field (Kangxi 102)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

The sun (sun) is pierced by a stick (stick) running vertically through it — like bowing before the sun, humbly saying your piece while the stick pins the sun in place.

In words:

- 申す もうす — (humble) to be called,to say
- 申請 しんせい — application,request,petition
- 申出 もうしで — proposal;request;claim;report;notice

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