罕
hǎn
#2,216 most
frequent character
rare
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
罕 hǎn shows a net with 干 gàn, a hunting tool that also hints at the sound. Together they picture an animal-catching tool, the first sense. The sense 'rare' came later by sound loan, not from the picture.
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