符

Fu2
#1,203 most
frequent character
surname Fu

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

符 uses 𥫗 bamboo as the meaning part and 付 fù as a sound part. Its first sense was a bamboo tally split in two: when an order came, the halves had to fit together to prove it was real. From that matching came the meanings 'to match', 'a mark', and 'a symbol'.

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