李
lǐ
#472 most
frequent character
plum
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
李 first named a kind of fruit. It was built from 子 offspring, hinting at the meaning, and 來 lái, which supplied the sound; later 來 was read as 木 tree. The fruit sense narrowed to plum.
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