室
Shi4
#707 most
frequent character
surname Shi
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
室 shì pairs 宀, a building, with 至 zhì, which gives the sound. It first named the hall at the back of an old house, between the side rooms. That narrowed to 'room' and widened again to 'building'.
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