抹
mā
#2,083 most
frequent character
to wipe
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
抹 uses 扌, a hand, for the meaning and 末 mò for the sound, with only the tone differing. It first meant wiping or smearing something on, which grew to wiping it off. Read mā it means to wipe, and read mò, to plaster or to skirt past something.
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