# 触 — Touch

Frequency rank 724 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 逆 (Reverse), less common than 補 (Supplement).

- On’yomi: しょく
- Kun’yomi: さわ、ふ
- Radical: 角 Horn (Kangxi 148)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

An angle on the left meets an insect on the right — the insect crawls at an angle across the wall, and when you touch it, it scurries away.

In words:

- 触る さわる — to touch
- 触れる ふれる — to touch,to be touched,to touch on a subject,to feel,to violate (law, copyright, etc.),to perceive,t
- 接触 せっしょく — touch;contact

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