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Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 675 / 2,608

Long Time

On’yomi
きゅう
Kun’yomi
ひさ
Radical
丿 Slash (Kangxi 4)

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

More common than 船 (Boat), less common than 印 (Seal).

A drop hangs from a person leaning forward -- a single drop of sweat on a person who has been working a long time.

In words

久しぶり ひさしぶり after a long timeN4
久しい ひさしい long;long-continued;old (story)N1
永久 えいきゅう eternity,perpetuity,immortalityN3

久 is rank 675 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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