佛
彿fú
#770 most
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Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
佛 uses 亻 person as its meaning part and 弗 fú as its sound part. Read fú, it first meant to be similar. Read fó, 'Buddha' was borrowed for sound alone.
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