What 霎 means
It means light rain, a brief moment, or a rain sound.
The 2024 Taiwanese Ministry of Education entry says the original 說文, an early Chinese character dictionary, omits 霎; the added section 說文新附 reads 雨, rain, as the meaning part and 妾 as the sound part.
As of 2026-09-07, checked sources do not establish an oracle-bone or bronze ancestor. 一霎雨 marks brief rain; 霎时 means “in an instant”; 霎霎 imitates wind and rain. Japanese sources list 霎雨 and 霎時 with different readings.
Use 霎 inside a word; alone, it reads like a quoted character, not a reaction.
Alone, 霎 does not signal an emotion.
Who writes 霎
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2Questions people ask
1Why does 霎 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 霎
- Search it as
- shà · sha · 霎时 · 霎雨 · 霎霎 · 一霎 · drizzle · instant
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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