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雹

báo
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 hail
  2. 2 hailstone

Characters

雹
báo
hail

Examples

HSK 2
雹子有鸡蛋那么大。
Báozi yǒu jīdàn nàme dà.
The hailstones were as big as eggs.
HSK 7-9
一场突如其来的冰雹把庄稼打倒了。
Yì cháng tūrúqílái de bīngbáo bǎ zhuāngjia dǎ dǎo le.
A sudden hailstorm flattened the crops.

Tips

usage
The everyday word is 冰雹 ('hail'); spoken Chinese also uses 雹子. 雹 itself is the meteorological term for ice pellets falling from storm clouds.

Components

radical
雨 yǔ
rain
雨 is the rain radical (top form). Hail is frozen precipitation falling like rain, so the weather radical fixes the meaning.
phonetic
包 bāo
to wrap; phonetic
包 supplies the sound (bāo shifting to báo). A hailstone is a little pellet of ice wrapped in layers, which faintly echoes 包's 'wrap up' sense.

Stroke Order

雹 báo