霭
mist; haze; cloudy sky
19 strokes
Dict coverage rank #3,478 U+972D
How 霭 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
雨 (semantic, “rain”) + 谒 (phonetic, yè)
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 谒
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 谒 (yè) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谒 sound component | yè | to visit, to pay respects |
| 蔼 | ǎi | lush; friendly, affable |
Words containing 霭
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 云霭 | yún ǎi | floating clouds |
| 烟霭 | yān ǎi | mist and clouds |
| 霭滴 | ǎi dī | mist droplet |
| 雾霭 | wù ǎi | mist |
| 暮霭 | mù ǎi | evening mist |
| 杳霭 | yǎo ǎi | far and deep |
| 霭霭 | ǎi ǎi | luxuriant (growth); numerous; cloudy; misty; snowing heavily |
| 窈霭 | yǎo ǎi | variant of 杳靄|杳霭[yao3 ai3] |