并
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#141 most
frequent character
short name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4yuan2]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
并 shows one person beside another, with two strokes 二 across their legs, so it first meant 'two people grouped together'. That grew to 'together' and then 'to combine, put together'.
Drawn as: person beside person; two strokes across legs
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