适

kuò
#662 most
frequent character
see 李适[Li3 Kuo4]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

适 has 辶 movement as the meaning part and 舌 shé as the sound part. It first meant 'to go; to arrive'. The sense then grew to 'marry into a family', 'adapt', and 'suitable'.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

适Shi4
surname Shi
适shì
to fit, suitable, proper, just (now)

Homophones

阔kuò
wide, broad, rich, vast, wealthy
扩kuò
to expand
括kuò
(bound form) to tie up, to tighten up

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