码
碼mǎ
#1,343 most
frequent character
weight, number, code, to pile
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
码 mǎ uses 石 stone as the meaning part and 马 mǎ as a sound part. It first meant 'agate', a colorful layered stone. From there it grew to 'standard weight', 'number, digit', and 'code, cipher'.
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