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担

Level V of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 569 / 2,608

Carry

On’yomi
たん
Kun’yomi
にな、かつ
Radical
手 Hand (Kangxi 64)

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

More common than 妻 (Wife), less common than 江 (Inlet).

Fingers on the left grip dawn on the right — your fingers carry the dawn light, holding the sunrise and bringing it wherever it's needed.

In words

担ぐ かつぐ to shoulder,to carry on shoulderN2
担う になう to carry on shoulder;to bear (burden);to shoulder (gun)N1
担当 たんとう (in) chargeN3

担 is rank 569 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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