务

務
wù
#245 most
frequent character
affair, business, matter

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

务 pairs 夂, here meaning action, with 力 effort, the meaning part. Its first sense was 'focus effort and seek'. From there it grew to 'work' and 'to seek'. The 夂 part came from 攵 pū, originally 'to strike'.

务 as a component in other characters

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Homophones

HSK 5
雾wù
fog, mist
HSK 6
勿wù
do not
误wù
mistake, error, miss, by mistake
物wù
(bound form) thing
恶wù
to hate, to loathe, ashamed
悟wù
to comprehend, to apprehend

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