德
De2
#256 most
frequent character
Germany, German, abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
德 joins 彳, for movement or action, with 㥁, a sound part meaning 'heart not crooked'. Together they gave the first sense, 'act virtuously'. The meaning later grew to 'good, goodness'.
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