Level IV of XX on the frequency path
Frequency rank 398 / 2,608
Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.
More common than 試 (Try), less common than 予 (Beforehand).
A roof (roof) on top shelters a child (child) below — under the roof, a child learns to write letters, forming the first characters of the alphabet.
字 is rank 398 of 2,608 in published Japanese.
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