吹雪
ふぶき · fubuki · JLPT N2 · noun
storm
❄️ 吹 (blow) + 雪 (snow) = snow that is blown by wind = snow storm
吹 means blow and 雪 means snow, so 吹雪 is snow driven by strong wind. Here the reading is irregular: 吹 is read fu and 雪 is read buki, not yuki.
吹 — mouth 口 + lack/yawn 欠
吹 is a semantic compound. 口 (mouth) shows the action involves the mouth, while 欠 depicts a person with an open mouth exhaling or yawning. Together they vividly suggest blowing air out, the core meaning 'to blow.'
雪 — rain 雨 + hand 彐 (originally broom 帚)
Originally an ideograph showing rain 雨 above a hand holding a broom, suggesting snow as 'rain that can be swept.' Over time the broom element simplified to 彐. The character has always meant snow, with later extended senses like 'to wipe away' (as in 雪恥, to wipe out shame).