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Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 805 / 2,608

Inherit

On’yomi
けい
Kun’yomi
つ
Radical
糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)

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

More common than 更 (Renew), less common than 震 (Earthquake).

Thread on the left and rice on the right — you thread rice grains onto a string, each generation inheriting the technique.

In words

継ぐ つぐ to succeedN1
継続 けいぞく continuationN2
継ぎ目 つぎめ a joint;joining pointN1

継 is rank 805 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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