抨
pēng
#3,391 most
frequent character
attack, impeach
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
抨 first meant shooting a projectile from a bow. 扌 a hand is the meaning part, and 平 píng, sharing the opening sound, supplies the reading. The meaning later grew to 'to attack' and then 'to impeach'.
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