幻
huàn
#1,415 most
frequent character
fantasy
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
幻 is now made of empty parts: 幺 is a worn form of 玄 xuán, and 𠃌 was added as a mark to tell it apart. 玄 gave both meaning and sound. The first sense was 'to confuse, deceive'; later it grew to 'imaginary, not real'.
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