piāo whirlwind Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
fēng wind
Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

miǎo indistinct Simplified

A veil  over the eyes  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
silk
SoundMeaning component
miǎo, miào blind in one eye

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

piāo whirlwind Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
fēng wind
Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰew
bew
Unicodepiɛu

說文解字

回風也。从風㶾聲。

Sources

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

indistinct Traditional

A veil  over the eyes  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
silk
SoundMeaning component
miǎo, miào blind in one eye

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodemiɛ̌u

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode