政
zhèng
#150 most
frequent character
political, politics, government
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
政 grew out of 正, and 正 also supplies the sound. 攵 shows a hand gripping a whip or staff and was added to stress the first sense, 'send army to attack'. From there the meaning grew to 'to rule, govern', then 'government'.
Drawn as: hand holding whip
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