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Level VI of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 707 / 2,608

Livelihood

On’yomi
ぼ
Kun’yomi
くら
Radical
日 Sun (Kangxi 72)

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

More common than 雑 (Random), less common than 辺 (Area).

Grass on top shelters the sun above something big below -- grass, sun, and big living all wrapped together represent the fullness of daily livelihood.

In words

暮れる くれる to get dark,to come to an endN4
暮れ くれ year end,sunset,nightfall,endN3
暮らし くらし living,livelihood,subsistence,circumstancesN3

暮 is rank 707 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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