suī​wēi

drizzle

suī, něi

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
tuǒ satisfactory

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnuːlʔ
snul

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

wēi, méi drizzle

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𢼸 represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

𢼸
𢼸 Sound component
wēi, wéi tiny, small

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmɯl

說文解字

《說文》:“溦,小雨也。从水,微省聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica