霭滴
ǎi​dī

mist droplet

霭 ǎi cloudy sky Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 谒 represents the sound. Simplified form of 靄.

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
谒
谒 Sound component
yè, ǎi visit

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

滴 dī drip

Phonosemantic compound. 啇 represents the sound and 氵 represents the meaning.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

啇
啇 Sound component
dì, shì, zhāi stalk, stem, root

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangteːɡ
Unicodedek

說文解字

《說文》：“滴，水注也。从水，啻聲。”

Sources

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

靄 cloudy sky Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːds
qaːd
Unicodeqɑ̀i

說文解字

雲皃。从雨，藹省聲。

Sources

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