# 願 — Request

Frequency rank 743 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 銀 (Silver), less common than 皮 (Skin).

- On’yomi: がん
- Kun’yomi: ねが
- Radical: 頁 Leaf (Kangxi 181)
- Frequency path: Level VI of XX

The original (原) plea is written on a geoduck (頁) shell — an ancient request carved into the shell's flat page surface.

In words:

- 願い ねがい — desire,wish,request
- 願う ねがう — to desire,to wish,to request
- 願書 がんしょ — written application or petition

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