wēi

drizzle

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𢼸 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

𢼸 sound component

𢼸  Sound component

wēi

  

tiny, small

Evolution

溦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
溦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

wēi

drizzle; (variant) valley; (variant) mold; fine rain