# 遣 — Dispatch

Frequency rank 866 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 輪 (Wheel), less common than 援 (Aid).

- On’yomi: けん
- Kun’yomi: つか
- Radical: 辵 Walk (Kangxi 162)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

A road below, with a tent over a shellfish above — you dispatch a shellfish merchant from a tent and send them down the road.

In words:

- 遣る やる — to do;to have sexual intercourse;to kill;to give (to inferiors  animals  etc.);to dispatch (a letter
- 遣い つかい — mission;simple task;doing
- 遣り通す やりとおす — to carry through;to achieve;to complete

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