侈

chǐ
#3,075 most
frequent character
extravagant, wasteful, exaggerating

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

侈 has 亻 (person) as its meaning part and 多 duō as a sound part, though the sound link is not obvious in Mandarin. 多 also adds the sense 'much, many.' It first meant 'to open wide, expand,' then grew to 'extravagant' and 'wasteful.'

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Homophones

尺chǐ
rule, ruler
齿chǐ
tooth

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