苫
shān
#4,602 most
frequent character
straw mat, thatch
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
苫 has 艹 plants as its meaning part and 占 zhàn as its sound part. It first meant weaving straw into a roof; later the word grew to mean a straw mat or thatch.
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