桑
桒sāng
#1,526 most
frequent character
old variant of 桑[sang1]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
桑 shows 木 a tree with 叒, an empty part that once pictured leaves. It first meant a tree whose leaves silkworms eat. The sense then became the mulberry tree itself.
Drawn as: tree; leaves
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