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期

Level II of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 184 / 2,608

Period Of Time

On’yomi
き、ご
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
月 Moon (Kangxi 74)
School grade
3
Strokes
12

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 在 (Exist), less common than 仕 (Doing).

A Crab clamps onto the thin crescent Moon hooked over the rooftops and rides it through every phase, splitting out of a fresh shell each time the ribs of cloud cross its face.

In words

期 き period;timeN1
期間 きかん period,termN3
期待 きたい expectation,anticipation,hopeN3

期 is rank 184 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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