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雹
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

hail

HSK 10
Nature →Weather
báo
ハク、ヒョク、ボク
ひょう
박
Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 包 represents the sound.
Components
雨 rain+ 包 wrap =
雹 hail
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
包 Phonetic component
bāo wrap
wrap, pack, bundle
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Notes
Similar Characters
屚 to leak雷 thunder需 need电 electric (simp)雩 offer sacrifice for rain雪 snow雯 cloud patterns雲 cloud (trad/jp)雳 crashing (simp)零 zero電 electricity (trad/jp)雾 mist (simp)霁 to clear up after rain (simp)霂 fine霄 sky霅 thunder霆 a sudden peal of thunder震 quake霈 torrential rains霉 mildew (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
雹
Regular
Modern
Chinese
雹 [báo]
hail
Japanese
雹 ひょう 、 ヒョウ 同音
noun hail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
概してひょうは夏に降る。
As a rule, hail falls in the summer.
CHINESE WORDS (7)
冰雹 [bīng​báo] #20,686
hail
雹灾 [báo​zāi] #47,103
disaster caused by hail
雹灾 [báo​zāi] #47,103
disaster caused by hail
雹子 [báo​zi] #61,691
hail
雹暴 [báo​bào] #69,071
hailstorm
雹块 [báo​kuài] #72,650
hailstone
雹块 [báo​kuài] #72,650
hailstone
JAPANESE WORDS (2)
降ひょう [こうひょう] #184,048
hailstorm
雹害 [ひょうがい] #256,264
hail damage