幢
chuáng
#2,561 most
frequent character
banner, pennant (in ancient China)
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
幢 has 巾 cloth as its meaning part and 童 as its sound part, though the sound link is not clear now. It first named an honor guard's banner. Read zhuàng, it is a measure word for buildings, a meaning borrowed for its sound.
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