雨 — how to write the kanji for “rain”
雨 (“rain”) is a JLPT N5 kanji taught in first grade in Japan. As one of the 214 traditional radicals it heads 66 kanji in KANJIDIC2. On its own it is the word ame, “rain; rainy day”. Read u, it forms 雨量 (“(amount of) rainfall”), 豪雨 (“torrential rain”) and 降雨 (“rainfall”); the native reading ame gives 大雨 (“heavy rain”) and 長雨 (“long spell of rain”). Chinese reads it yǔ, “rain”, at HSK 1.
- Strokes
- 8
- JLPT
- N5
- Radical
- 雨 (“rain”)
- On
- ウ
- Kun
- あま-, あめ, -さめ
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑leftdownwards
- Horizontal-turn-hook ㇆leftrightwards → downwards
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
- Dot ㇔leftdown and right
- Dot ㇔leftdown and right
- Dot ㇔centerdown and right
- Dot ㇔centerdown and right
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 8 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
Under the radical 雨
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ウ u
- Kun (native)
- あま- ama-, あめ ame, -さめ -same
- Meanings
- rain
- Read u
- 雨量 豪雨 降雨 集中豪雨
- Read ame
- 大雨 長雨
- Read ama-
- 雨水
- School year
- first grade
- Newspaper rank
- 950th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 우 u
- Common words
- 26 in JMdict
Words with 雨
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大雨 | おおあめ ooame | heavy rain; torrential rainfall |
| 梅雨 | つゆ tsuyu | (East Asian) rainy season; rain during the rainy season |
| 雨水 | あまみず amamizu | rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19) |
| 雨量 | うりょう uryou | (amount of) rainfall |
| 豪雨 | ごうう gouu | torrential rain; heavy rain |
| 降雨 | こうう kouu | rainfall; rain |
| 長雨 | ながあめ nagaame | long spell of rain |
| 梅雨明け | つゆあけ tsuyuake | end of the rainy season |
| 小雨 | こさめ kosame | light rain; drizzle |
| 集中豪雨 | しゅうちゅうごうう shuuchuugouu | local downpour; severe rain fall |
Most common first (JMdict).
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