# 隻 — Ship Counter

Frequency rank 2294 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 遜 (Humble), less common than 姪 (Niece).

- On’yomi: せき
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 隹 Short-Tailed Bird (Kangxi 172)
- Frequency path: Level XVIII of XX

A bird on the left is grasped by a hand on the right — a hand holding one bird, counting ships: one bird per ship is the ship counter.

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