铠
鎧kǎi
#4,300 most
frequent character
armor
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
铠 has 钅, metal, as its meaning part and 岂 qǐ as its sound part, though the sound link is hard to hear. It first meant metal armor. Later it grew to mean good iron.
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