xiāo

sky

To look like  rain  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
rain
SoundMeaning component
xiào look like

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjew[s]ewsleet
Zhengzhangsew
Unicodesiɛu

說文解字

雨䨘爲霄。从雨肖聲。齊語也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica