谚
諺yàn
#3,617 most
frequent character
proverb
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
谚 pairs 讠 speech with 彦 yàn, which has the same sound. It first meant stories or sayings passed down from old times. That grew to mean a proverb.
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