Support

On’yomi: し
Kun’yomi: ささ
Radical: 支 Branch (Kangxi 65)

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

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

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 prepareN4

支えるささえる to be blocked,to choke,to be obstructedN3

支配しはい rule,control,directionN3

支 is rank 322 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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