侧
側zhāi
#1,218 most
frequent character
lean on one side
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
侧 has 亻 person as a picture part and 则 zé as the sound part. It first meant beside something, then grew to leaning and to a side. The reading zhāi has the same starting sense, with leaning or slanting.
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