雾

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fog; mist; CL:場|场[chang2],陣|阵[zhen4]

Formation & memory

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

雨 meaning “rain” + 务 sound ( wù )

Components 雨务

fog · Heisig RSH #753

weather + 务 tasks

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
一头雾水	yī tóu wù shuǐ	to be confused; to be baffled
云里雾里	yún lǐ wù lǐ	amidst the clouds and mist; (fig.) mystified; puzzled
雾化机	wù huà jī	nebulizer; atomizer
雾里看花	wù lǐ kàn huā	lit. to look at flowers in the fog (idiom); fig. blurred vision
雾化器	wù huà qì	nebulizer; atomizer
气雾剂	qì wù jì	aerosol
柳烟花雾	liǔ yān huā wù	lit. willow scent and mist of blossom (idiom); scene full of the delights of spring
气雾室	qì wù shì	cloud chamber
云消雾散	yún xiāo wù sàn	the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom); to clear up; to vanish into thin air
大雾	dà wù	thick fog
水雾	shuǐ wù	mist
雾化	wù huà	to make into a fine spray; to atomize; (medicine) nebulizer treatment
雾气	wù qì	fog; mist; vapor
烟雾症	yān wù zhèng	moyamoya disease (rare brain disease first diagnosed in Japan)
烟雾弹	yān wù dàn	smoke bomb; smoke grenade
烟雾剂	yān wù jì	aerosol
雾炮车	wù pào chē	mist cannon truck; dust suppression truck
雾蒙蒙	wù méng méng	foggy; misty; hazy
宿雾语	Sù wù yǔ	Cebuano (aka Bisaya), language spoken in parts of the Philippines (Tw)
起雾	qǐ wù	(of fog or mist) to form; to set in; (of glass etc) to fog up