xiāo

sound of beating wind and rain

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

萧 sound component

  Sound component

xiāo

  

common artemisia

Evolution

潇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
潇 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
潇 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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xiāo

sound of beating wind and rain; light, ethereal; (of water) deep and clear; (of wind and rain) howling and pounding; (of light rain) pattering

Most common words with 潇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

潇洒

free and easy

潇湘

other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江[Xiāng​jiāng] in Hunan province

(of water) deep and clear