How to Write 溦 (wēi) — Meaning “drizzle; light rain”

Imagine a tiny umbrella (represented by the right part 微) over water (氵) to catch only a very light drizzle. This visual combines the idea of smallness and water. Another way: think of the pinyin "wēi" as sounding like "way"—a light rain is just a small way of raining.

Pay attention to the right side 微: it has many strokes, and the middle 山 must be written narrow, not wide. The left radical 氵 should be written as three dots, with the second dot slightly lower than the first, and the third dot curving upward. Common mistake is making the right side too wide or forgetting the small horizontal stroke in the lower part of 微.

溦 has the radical 氵 plus 微, meaning drizzle, while 涪 has 氵 plus 咅 (pǒu) and is a place name (e.g., 涪陵). 涫 also has 氵 plus 官, meaning to boil or bubble up. The key difference is in the right component: 微 (small), 咅 (sound component), and 官 (official). Only 溦 relates to light rain.

溦 is a rare character not in HSK and is mostly used in classical literature or poetic descriptions of gentle rain. Common words are 溦雨 (light drizzle) and 细溦 (tiny details). You might encounter it in ancient poetry or weather-related metaphors, but in daily speech people usually say 毛毛雨 (máomao yǔ) instead.

Common words containing 溦 include: 溦雨 (wēi yǔ) — light drizzle; 细溦 (xì wēi) — tiny, minute; 溦溦 (wēi wēi) — drizzling.