掂
diān
#4,011 most
frequent character
to weigh in the hand, to estimate
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
掂 joins 扌 hand with 店 diàn, which supplies the sound. It first meant weighing an object by hand. Later it grew to 'to estimate'.
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