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rising of clouds
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As a phono-semantic compound, 霨 uses the rain radical 雨 at the top, indicating a connection to weather or precipitation, with 尉 below providing the sound. The character describes the dense rising of clouds or an overcast sky. Due to this specific meteorological meaning, it is rare and found mostly in classical poetry or literary texts about atmospheric conditions. Its structure groups it with weather-related characters, yet unlike common terms for rain or snow, it remains a descriptive, poetic word for cloud formations and does not appear in everyday language.