楠
nán
#3,692 most
frequent character
Machilus nanmu, Chinese cedar
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
楠 nán has 木 wood for meaning and 南 nán for sound. It first named the camphor tree. From the tree came the meaning camphor wood.
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