霭
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mist; haze; cloudy sky
- Strokes
- 19
- Radical
- 雨 +11
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 靄
- Common rank
- #3,478
- Unicode
- U+972D
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 霭
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 云霭 | floating clouds | |
| 烟霭 | mist and clouds | |
| 霭滴 | mist droplet | |
| 雾霭 | mist | |
| 暮霭 | evening mist | |
| 杳霭 | far and deep | |
| 霭霭 | luxuriant (growth); numerous; cloudy; misty; snowing heavily | |
| 窈霭 | variant of 杳靄|杳霭[yao3 ai3] |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 谒 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谒 sound part | to visit, to pay respects | |
| 蔼 | lush; friendly, affable |