# 幹 — Tree Trunk

Frequency rank 979 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 秀 (Excel), less common than 緊 (Tense).

- On’yomi: かん
- Kun’yomi: みき
- Radical: 干 Dry (Kangxi 51)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

Morning on top left, a hat on top right, and dry below — in the dry morning air, a hat-wearing lumberjack inspects the tree trunk, the core of the forest.

In words:

- 幹 かん — (tree) trunk
- 幹線 かんせん — main line;trunk line
- 幹部 かんぶ — management;(executive) staff;leaders

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