危
wēi
#824 most
frequent character
danger, to endanger, Taiwan pr. [wei2]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
危 joins 㔾, a kneeling person, with 厃 wéi, which supplies the sound. It first meant to kneel, a sense now written 跪. The meaning 'high and dangerous' was borrowed for its sound, then grew to danger and to endanger.
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