# 積 — Accumulate

Frequency rank 581 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 比 (Compare), less common than 許 (Permit).

- On’yomi: せき
- Kun’yomi: つ
- Radical: 禾 Grain (Kangxi 115)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

Grain on the left piles up as responsibility on the right -- grain that accumulates becomes a huge pile of responsibility to manage.

In words:

- 積む つむ — to pile up,to stack
- 積もる つもる — to pile up
- 積もり つもり — intention;plan

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