霰
xiàn

hail

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 散 represents the sound.

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
散
散 Sound component
sàn, sǎn scatter

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsenHsˤ[e]r-ssleet
Zhengzhangsqʰeːns
Unicodesèn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica