Level IV of XX on the frequency path
Frequency rank 404 / 2,608
Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.
More common than 達 (Attain), less common than 差 (Distinction).
A tree (木) sends out its root (根) deep into the earth — the radical literally means root, and the tree's roots spread wide.
根 is rank 404 of 2,608 in published Japanese.
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