邪
衺xié
#1,537 most
frequent character
old variant of 邪[xie2]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
邪 has ⻏ for city or state as the meaning part and 牙 yá as the sound part. It first meant a place name. The sense improper or immoral was borrowed only for the sound, then grew to evil and to harmful influences.
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