# 続 — Continue

Frequency rank 135 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 正 (Correct), less common than 安 (Relax).

- On’yomi: ぞく
- Kun’yomi: つづ
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX
- School grade: 4
- Strokes: 13

The boiled cocoon pays out silk faster than you can sell it at the door, and the thread Continues down the street and into the next town, cutting to the bone of everyone who tries to wind it.

In words:

- 続く つづく — to be continued
- 続ける つづける — to continue
- 続き つづき — sequel,continuation

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