盔

kuī
#3,024 most
frequent character
helmet

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

盔 has 皿, a bronze container, as the meaning part and 灰 huī as the sound part. It first meant a food vessel. Later it grew to mean a helmet.

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Homophones

亏kuī
deficit, deficiency, luckily

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