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薄

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 833 / 2,608

Dilute

On’yomi
はく
Kun’yomi
うす
Radical
艸 Grass (Kangxi 140)

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

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

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,weakN5
薄める うすめる to dilute,to water downN2
薄弱 はくじゃく feebleness;weakness;weakN1

薄 is rank 833 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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