旅

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#948 most
frequent character
trip, travel, to travel, brigade (army)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

旅 began as a picture of several people moving with a flag. That group usually meant soldiers on the move. The meaning then grew to travel in general, and later to a trip.

Drawn as: several people with flag

旅 as a component in other characters

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膂

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Homophones

履lv
shoe, to tread on
吕lv
surname Lü
吕lv
pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system

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