厄
戹è
#2,402 most
frequent character
variant of 厄[e4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
厄 è shows a kneeling person 㔾 with 厂 as a mark at the knee. That gives the original meaning 'knee joint.' The sense distressed or hardship was borrowed for sound.
Drawn as: kneeling person
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