# 請 — Request

Frequency rank 628 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 興 (Interest), less common than 織 (Weave).

- On’yomi: せい
- Kun’yomi: こ、う
- Radical: 言 Speech (Kangxi 149)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

On the left you say something, and on the right is blue -- saying something with a blue formal document means you're making an official request.

In words:

- 請う こう — to ask,to request
- 請求 せいきゅう — claim,demand,application,request
- 申請 しんせい — application,request,petition

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