霎
shà

light rain

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 妾 represents the sound.

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
妾
妾 Sound component
qiè concubine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsreːb
sreb

說文解字

小雨也。从雨妾聲。

Sources

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