勘
kān HSK7

investigate

Phonosemantic compound. 力 represents the meaning and 甚 represents the sound.

Components

力
力 Meaning component
lì, li power
甚
甚 Sound component
shén, shèn extremely

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰluːms

說文解字

校也。从力甚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)