Status

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

More common than 病 (Sick), less common than 打 (Hit).

A tree (木) receives a kiss (各) — the tree marked with a kiss on its bark gains special status in the forest.

In words

格かく status;character;caseN1

格好かっこう shape,form,posture,suitabilityN3

格別かくべつ exceptionalN2

格 is rank 341 of 2,608 in published Japanese.