# 適 — Suitable

Frequency rank 390 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 早 (Early), less common than 座 (Sit).

- On’yomi: てき
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 辵 Walk (Kangxi 162)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

On the run radical below, a tongue flaps under a lid above -- running around with your tongue out, tasting until you find the suitable option.

In words:

- 適当 てきとう — suitability
- 適する てきする — to fit,to suit
- 適切 てきせつ — pertinent,appropriate,adequate,relevance

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