冗

宂
rǒng
#3,634 most
frequent character
variant of 冗[rong3]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

冗 rǒng once showed a person at home, written now as 几 and 冖. Being at home gave the first sense, free or at leisure. Later the idea of spare time grew into something extra, then redundant.

Drawn as: person at home

冗 as a component in other characters

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冗rǒng
extraneous, redundant, superfluous

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