之
zhī
HSK 4
#44 most
frequent character
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)
preposition
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
之 first showed a foot leaving a place, so it meant 'to go'. The pronoun 'it' and the particle use were both borrowed for sound.
Drawn as: foot walking away; place
之 as a component in other characters
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