雹
báo

hail

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

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
包
包 Sound component
bāo wrap

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 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-SagartbæwkC.[b]ˤrukhail
Zhengzhangbruːɡ

說文解字

雨冰也。从雨包聲。

Sources

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