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証

Level IV of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 451 / 2,608

Evidence

On’yomi
しょう
Kun’yomi
あかし
Radical
言 Speech (Kangxi 149)

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

More common than 急 (Hurry), less common than 町 (Town).

You say (言) what is correct (正) — speaking the truth with correctness provides solid evidence.

In words

証 あかし proof;evidenceN1
証明 しょうめい proof,verificationN3
証拠 しょうこ evidence;proofN1

証 is rank 451 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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