# 支 — Support

Frequency rank 322 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 位 (Rank), less common than 都 (Metropolis).

- On’yomi: し
- Kun’yomi: ささ
- Radical: 支 Branch (Kangxi 65)
- Frequency path: Level III of XX

The character 支 (support) is the branch (branch) radical — a hand reaching out with branching fingers to support something from below, a branch propping things up.

In words:

- 支度 したく・する — to prepare
- 支える ささえる — to be blocked,to choke,to be obstructed
- 支配 しはい — rule,control,direction

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