Taxonomy of meanings for 霄:　　

  • 霄 xiāo (OC: smew MC: siɛu) 相邀切 平 廣韻：【近天氣也 】

    Additional information about 霄

    說文解字: 【霄】，雨䨘爲霄。 〔小徐本「霄」下有「也」。〕 从雨、肖聲。齊語也。 〔小徐本無「也」。〕 【相邀切】

      Criteria
    • CLOUD

      1. The current general word for a cloud is yún 雲.

      2. Xiāo 霄 refers in an elevated style to high thin clouds, and the word is fairly rare.

      3. Xiá 霞 refers to misty, rosy-coloured clouds.

      4. Yùn 暈 refers to the halo round sun or moon which can occur when certain cloud formations surround the sun or moon, a phenomenon which attracted particular attention Shang dynasty astronomers.

      5. Bái hóng 白虹 refers to the palish rainbow-like structure which sometimes accompanies the halo round the moon or the sun.