# 薄 — Dilute

Frequency rank 833 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 蔵 (Storehouse), less common than 倍 (Double).

- On’yomi: はく
- Kun’yomi: うす
- Radical: 艸 Grass (Kangxi 140)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

Flowers on top, water in the middle, and a samurai at the bottom — flowers watered by a samurai, but the solution is dilute, barely enough.

In words:

- 薄い うすい — thin,weak
- 薄める うすめる — to dilute,to water down
- 薄弱 はくじゃく — feebleness;weakness;weak

[Study 薄](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E8%96%84)

[← Rank 832: 倍 (Double)](https://kanjidrift.com/frequency/倍.md) · [Rank 834: 蔵 (Storehouse) →](https://kanjidrift.com/frequency/蔵.md)

[HTML](https://kanjidrift.com/frequency/薄/) · [Full ranking](https://kanjidrift.com/frequency.md)