biāo HSK7

whirlwind

Storm  winds  also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
biāo wind
Meaning component
fēng wind

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

whirlwind Traditional

Storm  winds  also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
biāo wind
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