筛
篩shāi
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(bound form) a sieve, to sieve
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
筛 first named a sieve made of bamboo. 𥫗 bamboo is the meaning part, and 师 shī, sharing the opening sound, supplies the reading. The name of the object turned into the verb 'to sieve', and later 'to filter, sift'.
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