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Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 355 / 2,608

Ritual

On’yomi
しき
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
弋 Shoot (Kangxi 56)
School grade
3
Strokes
6

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

More common than 待 (Wait), less common than 離 (Detach).

A ceremony (弋) involves construction (工) — building the altar through careful construction is part of the sacred ritual.

In words

式 しき equation,formula,ceremonyN3
式場 しきじょう ceremonial hall;place of ceremony (e.g. marriage)N1
正式 せいしき due form,official,formalityN3

式 is rank 355 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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