区

區
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#265 most
frequent character
surname Ou

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

区 shows goods inside a container. The goods were once written 品 but are now 㐅, an empty part. Hiding things in a container gives the first meaning, 'to conceal, hide.' The sense then grew to 'place,' 'area,' and 'to subdivide.'

Drawn as: goods in container

区 as a component in other characters

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