浙

Zhe4
#2,115 most
frequent character
abbr. for Zhejiang 浙江 province in east China

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

浙 puts 氵, water, with 折 zhé as a sound part. The water part gives the first meaning, the name of a river in modern Zhejiang. From the river name it grew into a short way to write Zhejiang province.

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