# 試 — Try

Frequency rank 399 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 深 (Deep), less common than 字 (Letter).

- On’yomi: し
- Kun’yomi: こころ、ため
- Radical: 言 Speech (Kangxi 149)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX
- School grade: 4
- Strokes: 13

You say (言) the words of a ceremony (式) — reciting them aloud is how you try the ritual for the first time.

In words:

- 試合 しあい — match,game
- 試験 しけん — examination
- 試す ためす — to attempt,to test

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