遗
遺yí
#890 most
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(bound form) to leave behind
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
遗 has 辶, showing walking on a road, as a picture part, and 贵 guì as the sound part. It first meant to lose or leave something out. The meaning grew to give something as a gift.
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