How to Write 潲 (shào) — Meaning “to sprinkle or spray (of rain or water)”

Imagine a window slightly open (like 稍 meaning 'a little') and rain (氵) blowing in through the crack. This picture helps you remember that 潲 means rain or water spraying inward.

Write the left radical 氵 first with three dots. Then write the right part 稍: it has 12 strokes, starting with 禾 (grain) on top left, then 肖 (resemble) on the right. A common mistake is mixing up the order of the 肖 component — ensure you write the small top part before the 月 below.

潲 (shào) means rain blowing in or sprinkling water, while 溏 (táng) means semi-liquid like soft-boiled egg, and 源 (yuán) means source or origin. Visually, 潲 has 稍 on the right, 溏 has 唐, and 源 has 原 — these internal components are completely different.

潲 is most commonly used in weather descriptions, such as 潲雨 (driving rain blowing in through a window). It also appears in 潲水 (swill or hogwash) in farming contexts. This character is not in the HSK and is more common in spoken language or local dialects than in formal writing.

Common words containing 潲 include: 潲雨 (shào yǔ) — driving rain blowing in; 潲水 (shào shuǐ) — swill or hogwash; 往里潲 (wǎng lǐ shào) — (rain) blowing inside.