妇
媍fù
#930 most
frequent character
old variant of 婦|妇[fu4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
妇 once joined 女, a woman, with 帚 zhǒu, a broom, which also carried the sound. It first meant an adult woman. The broom part was cut down to 彐, and the sense narrowed to a wife or married woman.
Drawn as: woman with a broom
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