Level IV of XX on the frequency path
Frequency rank 479 / 2,608
Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.
More common than 渡 (Transit), less common than 局 (Bureau).
The character 米 (rice) looks like a stalk with grains scattering in all directions — each stroke is a grain of rice bursting from the center.
米 is rank 479 of 2,608 in published Japanese.
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