雹 (báo): hail

雹 (báo) is a Chinese character meaning “hail.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 雨 (semantic) and 包 (phonetic). It ranks #3134 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, 雹 rain. Its radical form 雨 (rain) appears in many related characters such as 雨 (yǔ, rain), 雪 (xuě, snow), 雷 (léi, thunder).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 雨 rain13 strokesFrequency #3134雨 semantic包 phonetic

Definitions

  1. hail

Etymology & Origin

雹

pictophoneticrain

Decomposition: ⿱雨包 (layout: top-bottom)

Components:雨semantic包phonetic

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
冰雹bīng báohail
雹子báo zihail
雹灾báo zāidisaster caused by hail
雹块báo kuàihailstone
雹暴báo bàohailstorm
5
Total compounds
80
As first character
20
As last character
0
As middle character

雹 appears in 5 compound words: 80 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 雹 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

冰bīng
0.6213,573 co-occurrences
涝lào
0.47654 co-occurrences
雨yǔ
0.465756 co-occurrences
冻dòng
0.42666 co-occurrences
灾zāi
0.422186 co-occurrences
霜shuāng
0.41778 co-occurrences
霞xiá
0.404114 co-occurrences
暴bào
0.393378 co-occurrences
风fēng
0.378378 co-occurrences
旱hàn
0.37554 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

雹字由13笔画组成，结构很巧妙。

báo zì yóu bǐ huà zǔ chéng , jié gòu hěn qiǎo miào .

The character "雹" consists of 13 strokes and has a very ingenious structure.

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...:西南江南华南等地部分地区有雷暴大风或冰雹

. . . : xī nán jiāng nán huá nán děng dì bù fēn dì qū yǒu léi bào dà fēng huò bīng báo

Character Family

雨 Radical Family — Characters sharing the rain radical

霸bà零líng露lù霉méi霜shuāng雾wù霞xiá雪xuě震zhèn霍huò

Related Characters

雨yǔ雪xuě雷léi霜shuāng露lù雾wù震zhèn需xū霉méi霍huò

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 雹 (báo) mean in Chinese?
雹 (báo) primarily means "hail." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #3134 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 雹 and 炮?
雹 (báo) and 炮 (pào) are often confused. confusable. The key distinguishing feature: 雨 vs 火 (same 包 component).
How many strokes does 雹 have?
雹 is written with 13 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 雹?
The radical associated with 雹 is 雨 (rain). This radical appears in many characters related to rain.
What are the components of 雹?
雹 is composed of: 雨 (semantic), 包 (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱雨包 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 雹?
Common words with 雹 include: 冰雹 (bīng báo, "hail"); 雹子 (báo zi, "hail"); 雹灾 (báo zāi, "disaster caused by hail"); 雹块 (báo kuài, "hailstone"); 雹暴 (báo bào, "hailstorm"). There are over 5 compound words containing this character.
Is 雹 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 雹 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.