tíng

a sudden peal of thunder

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
雨 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

rain

廷 sound component

  Sound component

tíng

  

palace courtyard

Evolution

霆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
霆 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
霆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tíng

a sudden peal of thunder; clap of thunder

Most common words with 霆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

大发雷霆

to be furious

谢霆锋

Tse Ting-Fung or Nicholas Tse (1980-), Cantopop star

雷霆

sound of thunder

clap of thunder