雹 meaning and stroke order
Hail
How to write 雹, stroke by stroke
13 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 雹
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- hail
How 雹 is built
Phono-semantic (sound + meaning) character. Rain.
雨 gives the meaning and 包 hints at the sound.
Radical: 雨 (rain), shared by 42 characters on this site.
How to remember 雹
Rain 雨 on top wraps up 包 (bāo) into little frozen balls, and those packages of ice falling from the sky are hail. The 雨 part tells you it is weather, and 包 gives the sound báo.
雹 rarely appears alone in everyday speech. People almost always say 冰雹 (bīngbáo) for hail or hailstones, often with the verb 下 (xià) for falling weather. Example: 昨天下冰雹了。(Zuótiān xià bīngbáo le.) It hailed yesterday.
Common mistake: Learners often read 雹 as bāo because of the phonetic part 包, but the correct tone is second tone, báo. Also do not confuse it with 雷 (léi, thunder) or 雪 (xuě, snow), which share the same 雨 top.
Common words with 雹
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 冰雹 | bīngbáo | hail; hailstone |
雹 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
Questions about 雹
How many strokes are in 雹?
雹 is written with 13 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 雹 mean?
雹 (báo) means hail. A common word with it is 冰雹 (bīngbáo), meaning "hail; hailstone".
How do you pronounce 雹?
雹 is pronounced báo, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 雹?
The radical of 雹 is 雨, which carries the idea of "rain". Dictionaries list 雹 under this radical.
How do you say it is hailing in Chinese?
Say 下冰雹了 (xià bīngbáo le), the same pattern as 下雨了 (xià yǔ le) for rain. You can also say 冰雹很大 (bīngbáo hěn dà) to mean the hail is big.
Is 雹 related to 包 in meaning?
The data lists 包 as the phonetic part, so its main job is to hint at the sound báo. The meaning comes from 雨, which marks weather and precipitation.