泵

bèng
#3,791 most
frequent character
pump (loanword)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

泵 puts 石 stone with 水 water to picture water crashing into shoreline rocks. That was its first meaning. The modern sense pump was borrowed from English for its sound.

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Homophones

HSK 6
蹦bèng
to jump, to bounce, to hop

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