筈

guā
#7,648 most
frequent character
arrow end

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

筈 first meant an arrow's back end, where it rests on the bowstring. 𥫗 bamboo is the meaning part; 舌(𠯑) guā gives the sound. It later came to mean simply arrow end.

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