殴
毆ōu
#3,348 most
frequent character
to beat up, to hit sb
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
殴 joins 区 qū as sound part with 殳, a hand holding a weapon. It first meant hitting an object with a stick. That grew to hitting or beating a person.
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