# 詩 — Poem

Frequency rank 852 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 複 (Duplicate), less common than 羽 (Feather).

- On’yomi: し
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 言 Speech (Kangxi 149)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

You say (言) prayers at a temple (寺) — the sacred words spoken at the temple are poetry, a poem for the gods.

In words:

- 詩 し — poem,verse of poetry
- 詩人 しじん — poet

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