飕 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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sōu

sound of wind

Phonosemantic compound. 风 represents the meaning and 叟 represents the sound. Simplified form of 颼.

Components

风 Meaning component

fēng

wind

叟 Sound component

sǒu

old man

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

sōu

sound of wind; blow chilly; to blow (as of wind); sough

Most common words with 飕

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	冷飕飕	chilled to the bone
	飕飕	sound of the wind blowing or rain falling
	飕	sough

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4266th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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