抒
shū
#3,065 most
frequent character
to express, to give expression to
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
抒 has 扌 (a hand) as its meaning part and 予 yǔ as a sound part, though the sound link is not obvious in Mandarin. It first meant 'to scoop up and distribute.' That grew to 'to recount' and then 'to express.'
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