峨
é
#3,057 most
frequent character
lofty, name of a mountain
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
峨 has 山 (mountain) as its meaning part and 我 wǒ as a sound part, though the sound link is not obvious in Mandarin. It first meant 'towering mountain.' That grew to 'towering, lofty.'
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