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霾
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misty

HSK 10
Nature →Weather
mái
バイ
つちふる
매
Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 貍 represents the sound.
Components
雨 rain+ 貍 a fox-like animal =
霾 misty
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
貍 Phonetic component
lí a fox-like animal
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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雹 hail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
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
霾
Regular
Modern
Chinese
霾 [mái]
haze
Japanese
霾 ばい 同音
noun loess; yellow sand; bai; dust from the Yellow River region (China)
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (7)
阴霾 [yīn​mái] #21,108
haze
阴霾 [yīn​mái] #21,108
haze
灰霾 [huī​mái]
dust haze
烟霾 [yān​mái]
smoke
烟霾 [yān​mái]
smoke
雾霾 [wù​mái]
haze
雾霾 [wù​mái]
haze
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
霾る [つちふる] #300,569
to rain dust