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Kanji Detail for 雨 - "rain, to rain, rain down"

  • Meaning

    雨 means "rain, to rain, rain down."

    1. Rain - Water droplets falling from the sky.

    2. To rain - The falling of precipitation; rainfall occurring.

    3. Rain down - To fall abundantly like rain.

  • Words using

    • 大雨 おおあめ Listen heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
    • 雨水 あまみず Listen rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
    • 雨量 うりょう Listen (amount of) rainfall
    • 豪雨 ごうう Listen torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst
    • 降雨 こうう Listen rainfall; rain
    • 雨季 うき Listen rainy season
    • 梅雨明け つゆあけ Listen end of the rainy season
    • 小雨 こさめ Listen light rain; drizzle
  • Four-character idioms with

    • 五風十雨 ごふうじゅうう Listen seasonable rains and winds; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace
    • 剣林弾雨 けんりんだんう Listen fierce battle; intense combat
    • 巫山雲雨 ふざんうんう Listen sexual liaison
    • 干天慈雨 かんてんじう Listen welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief
    • 旱天慈雨 かんてんじう Listen welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief
    • 晴好雨奇 せいこううき Listen the scenery being beautiful in both sunny and rainy weather
  • Origin of

    A pictograph of rain: the sky as a bar above, and drops falling beneath its cover.

    How to remember it: The sky drawn as a roof, four drops falling under it — rain, exactly as a child would draw it.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check:

    • Verified meaning: rain, to rain, rain down
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あめ, うらら, うるる, ふる)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Given names (あめ)Listen (うらら)Listen (うるる)Listen

    Surnames (ふる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rain

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rain; rainy; Kangxi radical 173

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    rain; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    rain

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Tiny water droplets in clouds accumulate into large drops that become heavy and fall. See "雲" for reference. | To rain is called 雨. The Book of Odes says: "Rain upon our public fields." Anything falling from above is called 雨. As in 雨雹 (hail), 雨雪 (snow) and the like.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • Wind accompanied the rain.

  • Going out in this rain is out of the question.

  • It is likely to rain soon.

  • I would not go if it rains tomorrow.

  • The heavy rain prevented us from going out.

  • Hardly had we come home when it began to rain.

  • I would rather stay at home than go out in the rain.

  • We have had plenty of rain this year.

  • There are a few drops of rain now.

  • It came on to rain toward evening.

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