有yǒu

有 (yǒu), meaning "to have" or "possess," appears in Simplified Chinese exactly as it does in Traditional Chinese, unchanged because the form was already streamlined. The character originally depicted a hand (the "又" component) holding a piece of meat (the "月" component), a vivid image of holding something tangible that evolved into the abstract concept of possessing. Today it functions as one of the most frequent verbs in Chinese, appearing in countless compounds from 有效 (effective) to 有名 (famous).