玺
璽xǐ
#3,749 most
frequent character
ruler's seal
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
玺 xǐ has 玉 jade as the picture part and 尔 ěr for sound, though the sound link is not clear today. A jade seal gave the first sense, seal or stamp. It grew to mean an imperial seal.
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