胡
衚hú
#804 most
frequent character
see 衚衕|胡同[hu2 tong4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
胡 joins 月 meat with 古 gǔ, which supplies the sound. It first meant the drooping lower jaw of a cow. The meaning grew to facial hair, to northern or western outsiders, and then to reckless or random.
Drawn as: meat
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