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願

Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 743 / 2,608

Request

On’yomi
がん
Kun’yomi
ねが
Radical
頁 Leaf (Kangxi 181)

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

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

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,requestN3
願う ねがう to desire,to wish,to requestN3
願書 がんしょ written application or petitionN1

願 is rank 743 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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