摊

攤
tān
#2,149 most
frequent character
to spread out, vendor's stand

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

摊 pairs 扌, a hand, with 难 nán as a sound part. The hand part gives the first sense, to spread out or unfold. From spreading goods out it grew to selling from a stand, and then to the stand itself.

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Homophones

贪tān
to have a voracious desire for

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