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Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 334 / 2,608

Discerning

On’yomi
しき
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
言 Speech (Kangxi 149)

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

More common than 誰 (Who), less common than 視 (Look At).

You say (言) the sound (音) of a drunkard (戈) — discerning the slurred speech from the meaningful words requires sharp judgment.

In words

意識 いしき consciousness,sensesN3
知識 ちしき knowledge,informationN3
常識 じょうしき common senseN3

識 is rank 334 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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