管
Guan3
#252 most
frequent character
surname Guan
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
管 pairs 𥫗 bamboo with 官 guān, which supplies the sound. Bamboo gives the first sense, 'bamboo tube.' The meaning widened to wind instruments, tubes, a key, and then 'control, manage.'
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