浊
濁zhuó
#2,979 most
frequent character
turbid, muddy, impure
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
浊 pairs 氵 water with 虫, an empty part. 虫 is a shortened 蜀 shǔ, once the sound part. It first meant muddy water, then grew to muddy, impure, and the linguistic sense voiced.
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