Village

On’yomi: そん
Kun’yomi: むら
Radical: 木 Tree (Kangxi 75)

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

More common than 造 (Create), less common than 共 (Together).

A tree (tree) stands on the left and a measurement (measurement) marks the right — the tree in the village is measured every year; it's the landmark of the whole village.

In words

村むら villageN5

農村のうそん agricultural community,farm village,ruralN2

漁村ぎょそん fishing villageN1

村 is rank 329 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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