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束

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 861 / 2,608

Bundle

On’yomi
そく
Kun’yomi
たば
Radical
木 Tree (Kangxi 75)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 農 (Farming), less common than 歯 (Tooth).

The character for bundle (束) looks like a tree (木) with a belt wrapped around its middle — sticks tied together in a neat bundle.

In words

束 たば handbreadth,bundleN3
約束 やくそく promiseN4
束縛 そくばく restraint;shackles;restriction;confinement;bindingN1

束 is rank 861 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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