# 束 — Bundle

Frequency rank 861 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

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

More common than 農 (Farming), less common than 歯 (Tooth).

- On’yomi: そく
- Kun’yomi: たば
- Radical: 木 Tree (Kangxi 75)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

The character for bundle (束) looks like a tree (木) with a belt wrapped around its middle — sticks tied together in a neat bundle.

In words:

- 束 たば — handbreadth,bundle
- 約束 やくそく — promise
- 束縛 そくばく — restraint;shackles;restriction;confinement;binding

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