# 術 — Technique

Frequency rank 358 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 若 (Young), less common than 防 (Prevent).

- On’yomi: じゅつ
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 行 Walk Enclosure (Kangxi 144)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

You go (行) through a drop (丶) of knowledge in a book (术) — mastering the technique requires going through every drop of ink in the manual.

In words:

- 技術 ぎじゅつ — art,technology,skill
- 手術 しゅじゅつ — surgical operation
- 芸術 げいじゅつ — (fine) art,the arts

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