飆
biāo

whirlwind

Storm 猋 winds 風; 猋 also provides the pronunciation

Components

猋
猋 SoundMeaning component
biāo wind
風
風 Meaning component
fēng wind

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpew
Unicodebiɛu

說文解字

扶搖風也。从風猋聲。

Sources

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

飙 biāo whirlwind Simplified

Storm 猋 winds 风; 猋 also provides the pronunciation

Components

猋
猋 SoundMeaning component
biāo wind
风
风 Meaning component
fēng wind

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode