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共

Level III of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 328 / 2,608

Together

On’yomi
きょう
Kun’yomi
とも
Radical
八 Eight (Kangxi 12)
School grade
4
Strokes
6

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

More common than 村 (Village), less common than 態 (Appearance).

The character for together (共) looks like two hands lifting a single beam — two people working together to carry one heavy load.

In words

共 きょう both;neither (neg);all;and;as well as;including;with;together with;plural endingN1
共に ともに sharing with,participate inN3
共同 きょうどう cooperation,association,collaboration,jointN3

共 is rank 328 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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