没
沒mò
#72 most
frequent character
drowned, to end, to die, to inundate
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
没 first showed a hand reaching into water to pull something out. Later 氵 water was added, and the simplified form uses 殳 in place of the old hand shape. The first sense led to 'sink', then to 'have not' or 'disappear' and 'die' depending on reading.
Drawn as: hand reaching into water
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