# 細 — Thin

Frequency rank 434 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 再 (Again), less common than 背 (Back).

- On’yomi: さい
- Kun’yomi: ほそ、こま
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

A thread on the left weaves through a rice paddy on the right — the thread is so thin it can slip between individual rice stalks in the paddy.

In words:

- 細い ほそい — thin
- 細かい こまかい — small, fine
- 細やか こまやか — friendly

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