媒

méi
#1,504 most
frequent character
medium, intermediary, matchmaker

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

媒 uses 女 woman as the meaning part and 某 mǒu as the sound part. It first meant matching people for marriage. From there it grew to mean a go-between, and then any medium or vehicle.

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Homophones

HSK 1
没méi
(negative prefix for verbs)
HSK 6
枚méi
"classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc"
煤méi
coal
梅méi
plum, plum flower

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