# 血 — Blood

Frequency rank 453 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 助 (Help), less common than 急 (Hurry).

- On’yomi: けつ
- Kun’yomi: ち
- Radical: 血 Blood (Kangxi 143)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

The character 血 (blood) looks like a dish with a drop inside — a bowl collecting blood, dark red pooling in the vessel.

In words:

- 血 ち — blood
- 血圧 けつあつ — blood pressure
- 血液 けつえき — blood

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