杪
miǎo

tip of twig

The tip 少 of a branch 木; 少 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
少
少 SoundMeaning component
shǎo, shao, shào few

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjiewX[m]ewʔthe utmost end
Zhengzhangmewʔ
Unicodemiɛ̌u

說文解字

木標末也。从木少聲。

Sources

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