帘

lián
#2,453 most
frequent character
flag used as a shop sign

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

帘 combines 穴, a cave or building, with 巾, cloth. Cloth on a building gives the first meaning, a banner hung outside a tavern. It grew to shop sign; the hanging curtain meaning was borrowed for the sound, as a simplified form of 簾.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

帘lián
hanging screen or curtain

Homophones

HSK 4
连lián
to link, to join, to connect
廉lián
incorruptible, honest, inexpensive
联lián
(bound form) to ally oneself with
莲lián
lotus
怜lián
to pity

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