瀟
xiāo

sound of beating wind and rain

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

蕭
蕭 Sound component
common artemisia

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsɯːw
Unicodeseu

說文解字

水名。从水蕭聲。

Sources

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

潇 xiāo sound of beating wind and rain Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 萧 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瀟.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

萧
萧 Sound component
xiāo common artemisia

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode