夯

hāng
#4,554 most
frequent character
to ram, to tamp, a rammer, a tamper

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

夯 joins 大, a person, and 力, strength, so it first meant to lift something with force. It grew to mean pressing something down, as in tamping. Read bèn, it means 'stupid', a sense borrowed for its sound.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

夯bèn
variant of 笨[ben4]

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