mài​mù

drizzle

mài drizzling rain

Components

Meaning component
rain

rain

Sound component
mài blood vessels

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmreːɡ

說文解字

霢霂,小雨也。从雨脈聲。

Sources

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

fine rain

Components

Meaning component
rain

rain

Sound component
bathe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmoːɡ

說文解字

霢霂也。从雨沐聲。

Sources

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