飘渺
piāo​miǎo

misty

飘 piāo whirlwind Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 风 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound. Simplified form of 飄.

Components

风
风 Meaning component
fēng wind
票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

渺 miǎo endlessly long

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

眇
眇 Sound component
miǎo, miào blind in one eye

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjiewX[m]ewʔvast (of water)
Zhengzhangmewʔ
Unicodemiɛ̌u

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

飄 piāo whirlwind Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 風 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components

風
風 Meaning component
fēng wind
票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰew
bew
Unicodepiɛu

說文解字

回風也。从風㶾聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)