Level III of XX on the frequency path
Frequency rank 366 / 2,608
Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.
More common than 材 (Lumber), less common than 売 (Sell).
Grain (grain) grows on the left and a ladle (ladle) measures on the right — using a ladle to measure grain precisely — that's the science of agriculture, measurement applied to nature.
科 is rank 366 of 2,608 in published Japanese.
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