bèi​lěi

bud

bèi bud

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
bèi times

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbɯːʔ
bɯːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

lěi buds

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

is a component form of .

Sound component
léi thunder

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangruːlʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang