# 核 — Nucleus

Frequency rank 1193 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 仰 (Look Up To), less common than 孫 (Grandchild).

- On’yomi: かく
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 木 Tree (Kangxi 75)
- Frequency path: Level X of XX

A tree on the left and a pig on the right — inside a tree trunk, a pig is curled up like a nucleus at the center of a cell.

In words:

- 核 かく — nucleus;kernel
- 結核 けっかく — tuberculosis;tubercule

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