髓

suǐ
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(bound form) bone marrow

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

髓 has 骨 bone as its meaning part and 遀 suí as a sound part. It first meant the marrow inside bone. That meaning grew to mean the essence of something.

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