须

須
xū
#444 most
frequent character
must, to have to, to wait

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

须 shows 彡 hair and 页 head, a picture of a beard on a face. That was its first sense, now also written 鬚. The sense must or have to was borrowed only for its sound. 页 replaces 頁 in the simplified form.

Drawn as: hair; head

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Same Characters, Different Readings

须xū
beard, mustache, feeler (of an insect etc)

Homophones

虚xū
emptiness, void
需xū
to require, to need, to want
须xū
beard, mustache, feeler (of an insect etc)

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