雹

báo

hail

rain (雨) + bundle (包) = hail

雨 marks this as a weather phenomenon. 包 mainly contributes the báo sound; think of hailstones as little bundled pellets falling from rain clouds.

雨+包→雹

包To wrapPhonetic

雨RainSemantic

昨天下了一场冰雹，地上全是小冰块。

zuó tiān xià le yī chǎng bīng báo ， dì shang quán shì xiǎo bīng kuài 。

Yesterday there was a hailstorm, and the ground was covered in little chunks of ice.

这场冰雹把农民的庄稼都打坏了。

zhè chǎng bīng báo bǎ nóng mín de zhuāng jia dōu dǎ huài le 。

This hailstorm damaged all the farmers' crops.

雹暴

báo bào

hailstorm

雹灾

báo zāi

disaster caused by hail

雹块

báo kuài

hailstone

雹子

báo zi

hail

冰雹

bīng báo

hail