# 協 — Cooperation

Frequency rank 653 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 酒 (Alcohol), less common than 挙 (Raise).

- On’yomi: きょう
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 十 Ten (Kangxi 24)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX
- School grade: 4
- Strokes: 8

A cross (十) is flanked by three surges of power (力力力) — the combined power of many forces cooperating around a central point creates true cooperation.

In words:

- 協力 きょうりょく — cooperation,collaboration
- 協定 きょうてい — arrangement;pact;agreement
- 協会 きょうかい — association;society;organization

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