梆
bāng
#4,052 most
frequent character
watchman's rattle
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
梆 pairs 木 wood with 邦 bāng, which supplies the sound. It first meant a kind of tree. The later sense, a noisy clapper or watchman's rattle, was borrowed only for its sound.
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