署

shǔ
#1,377 most
frequent character
office, bureau, to arrange

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

署 joins 罒, a net, with the sound part 者 zhě, and first meant 'to deploy'. The meaning grew to 'to arrange' and 'to sign one's name', then to 'office, bureau'.

署 as a component in other characters

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Homophones

HSK 6
数shǔ
to count, to enumerate
属shǔ
be born in the year of (one of the twelve animals)
鼠shǔ
mouse, rat

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