柬
jiǎn
#3,041 most
frequent character
card, note, letter
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
柬 pairs 束 (to tie up) with 丷, a mark added to tell it apart from 束. It first meant 'to untie tied things to choose one.' That grew to 'choose, select,' then 'invitation,' and later 'letter, card.'
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