涯
yá
#2,599 most
frequent character
border, horizon, shore
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
涯 joins 氵 water with 厓 yá, which means mountain side and also supplies the sound. It first meant the shore or bank of a body of water. That grew to shore and then boundary.
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