墟

xū
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ruins, (literary) village

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

墟 joins 土 earth with 虚 xū, which means large mound and also supplies the sound. It first meant a large mound, then grew to ruins. The market or fair sense was borrowed for sound.

Drawn as: large mound; earth

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Homophones

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

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