Indicate

On’yomi: じ、し
Kun’yomi: しめ
Radical: 示 Spirit (Kangxi 113)

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

More common than 断 (Cut Off), less common than 存 (Exist).

A pilgrim hauls a Jackhammer up to the abandoned shrine and drills the Spirit's altar apart, and the crack it opens runs downhill, Indicating the second altar where the offerings have been going.

In words

示すしめす to denote,to show,to point out,to indicateN3

掲示けいじ notice,bulletinN3

提示ていじ presentation;exhibit;suggest;citationN1

示 is rank 297 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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