髓
suǐ
#2,802 most
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(bound form) bone marrow
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
髓 has 骨 bone as its meaning part and 遀 suí as a sound part. It first meant the marrow inside bone. That meaning grew to mean the essence of something.
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