虚
虛xū
#1,069 most
frequent character
emptiness, void
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
虚 pairs 虍 hǔ, which supplies the sound, with 业, an empty part that was once 丘, a small hill. Its first meaning was a large mound. The meaning empty or void was borrowed for its sound, then grew to modest, fake, and virtual.
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