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材

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 367 / 2,608

Lumber

On’yomi
ざい
Kun’yomi
—
Radical
木 Tree (Kangxi 75)

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

More common than 振 (Shake), less common than 科 (Science).

A tree (木) shaped by talent (才) — skilled hands carve raw lumber into useful building material.

In words

材料 ざいりょう ingredients,materialN3
材木 ざいもく lumber,timberN2
木材 もくざい lumber,timber,woodN2

材 is rank 367 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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