戮
lù
#3,312 most
frequent character
(bound form) to kill
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
戮 has 戈, a weapon, as a picture part, and 翏 liù, which both pictures the act and supplies the sound. It first meant to massacre. From there it grew to kill or slay, then to execute.
Drawn as: weapon
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