# 示 — Indicate

Frequency rank 297 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 断 (Cut Off), less common than 存 (Exist).

- On’yomi: じ、し
- Kun’yomi: しめ
- Radical: 示 Spirit (Kangxi 113)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

A pilgrim hauls a Jackhammer up to the abandoned shrine and drills the Spirit's altar apart, and the crack it opens runs downhill, Indicating the second altar where the offerings have been going.

In words:

- 示す しめす — to denote,to show,to point out,to indicate
- 掲示 けいじ — notice,bulletin
- 提示 ていじ — presentation;exhibit;suggest;citation

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