血
xiě
#657 most
frequent character
see 血[xue4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
血 shows a bronze container 皿 with blood 丿 in it, used in sacrifice. That gives the first sense, 'sacrificial animal blood'. The meaning later broadened to 'blood' and then to 'blood relations, family'.
Drawn as: bronze container with blood; sacrificial blood
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