霆
tíng

a sudden peal of thunder

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

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
廷
廷 Sound component
tíng court

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl'eːŋ
l'eːŋʔ
Unicodedheng

說文解字

雷餘聲也鈴鈴。所以挺出萬物。从雨廷聲。

Sources

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