biāo

storm whirlwind

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbruː
pʰruːɡ

Sources

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

biāo, páo storm whirlwind Simplified

Wind  that wraps  on itself;  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
fēng wind
SoundMeaning component
bāo wrap

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode