fragmentary; piecemeal; in bits and pieces; sporadic; scattered
零 · 13 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 令 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "to fall (of rain/snow)". The meaning later shifted to "scattered", "fraction", and "zero".
星 · 9 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 生 represents the sound.