椭
橢tuǒ
#3,306 most
frequent character
ellipse
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
椭 uses 木 tree, wood as meaning part and 陏 duò as sound part. It first meant a long, narrow oval shape. That grew to the general words ellipse and oval.
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