枕

zhěn
#2,600 most
frequent character
(bound form) pillow

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

枕 uses 木, wood, as the meaning part, and 冘 yín for the sound, though the match is not clear in Mandarin. Its first sense was a pillow for sleeping, which grew to resting your head on something. Read zhèn, it means putting a cushion under the head.

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Homophones

诊zhěn
to examine or treat medically

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