mái

misty

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rain
Sound component
lí, mái, yù a fox-like animal

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmɛjmˤrəwhirlwind
Zhengzhangmrɯː
Unicodemæi

說文解字

風雨土也。从雨貍聲。《詩》曰:“終風且霾。”

Sources

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