旷
曠kuàng
#2,729 most
frequent character
to neglect, to skip (class or work)
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
旷 puts 日 the sun together with 广 guǎng, the sound part, and their rhymes match. Sunlight gives the first sense, 'bright'. From there it grew to 'spacious', then 'vast', and 'free from worry'.
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