寥寥
liáo​liáo

very few

寥 liáo few

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 翏 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
翏
翏 Sound component
liù, lù to sweep away, to remove

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯːw
rɯːwɢ
Unicodeleu

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang