尠
xiǎn HSK4

very few

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

Components

甚
甚 Sound component
shén, shèn extremely
少
少 Meaning component
shǎo, shao, shào few

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsenʔ
smos

Sources

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