shà
light rain
Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 妾 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 霎
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
in a split second | ||
drizzle | ||
in a split second | ||
in a flash | ||
in a flash |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3314th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Unicode | U+970E |
Shuowen | 《說文新附》：“霎，小雨也。从雨，妾聲。” |
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