雨

雨 U+96E8, 雨 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96E8 ← 雧 [U+96E7] CJK Unified Ideographs 雩 → [U+96E9]

⾬ U+2FAC, ⾬ KANGXI RADICAL RAIN ← ⾫ [U+2FAB] Kangxi Radicals ⾭ → [U+2FAD]

⻗ U+2ED7, ⻗ CJK RADICAL RAIN ← ⻖ [U+2ED6] CJK Radicals Supplement ⻘ → [U+2ED8]

Traditional	雨
Simplified	雨
Japanese	雨
Korean	雨

Stroke order

Stroke order

• In mainland China, Japan, and Korea, the inner dots of the character are written as ⿰⺀⺀, which is the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
• In Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Vietnam, the inner dots of the character are written as 冫 and its mirror image ⿱㇀丶.
• When this character is used as an upper radical component, the form is different depending on the script used.
  • For Ming typeface (明體/明朝体):
    • In mainland China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, the radical component resembles ⻗ (U+2ED7) with four horizontal lines which is also the historical form used in the Kangxi dictionary.
    • In Taiwan and Hong Kong, the radical component resembles the character itself (with 冫 and its mirror image) but the lower right hook of 冂 is omitted.
  • For regular script (楷書):
    • In mainland China and Japan, the radical component resembles the character itself (with ⿰⺀⺀) but the lower right hook of 冂 is omitted.
    • In Taiwan and Hong Kong, the radical component resembles the character itself (with 冫 and its mirror image) but the lower right hook of 冂 is omitted.

雨 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一中月卜 (MLBY), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿻帀⿰⺀⺀(GJK) or ⿱一𠕒(HTV))

1. Kangxi radical #173, ⾬.

• Appendix:Chinese radical/雨
• 𠉴, 𫰺, 𢮳, 𣷌, 𮞛, 𣍾, 𣔯, 𫋃, 𨂎, 𫒧, 𩗿, 𬵗, 𨜄, 𪂕
• 霏, 𠭍, 𨗒, 𧌙, 𨗒, 䬠, 𩳧, 𩄮, 𧓑, 𡸹, 𦲸, 𣾙, 屚, 𢉀, 𪋉

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1371, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42210
• Dae Jaweon: page 1878, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4057, character 1
• Unihan data for U+96E8

• 雨 on Wikidata.Wikidata

trad.		雨
simp. #		雨
2nd round simp.		⿻丅⿵冂⿰丶丶
alternative forms		㲾 𠕒 𠕘 𠕲

Pictogram (象形) – a cloud with drops of rain falling from it. The horizontal stroke at the top was added later. (Compare Egyptian 𓇲.)

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k/r/s-wa.

雨

1. rain (Classifier: 陣／阵; 場／场)

   Coordinate term: 雪 (xuě, “snow”)

2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, figurative) friend
3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, figurative) teaching; instruction

• (basic weather words shared by most dialects): 雲／云 (yún, “cloud”), 霧／雾 (wù, “fog, mist”), 風／风 (fēng, “wind”), 雨 (yǔ, “rain”), 雪 (xuě, “snow”), 電／电 (diàn, “lightning”), 雷 (léi, “thunder”), 虹 (hóng, “rainbow”)

雨

1. (literary) to rain

   • 雨我公田，遂及我私。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Yù wǒ gōng tián, suì jí wǒ sī. [Pinyin]

     May it rain first on our public fields, and then come to our private!

2. (literary, of rain, snow, tears, etc.) to fall (like rain)
3. (literary) to moisten

• “雨”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Go-on: う (u, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: う (u, Jōyō)
• Kun: あめ (ame, 雨, Jōyō)、あま (ama, 雨, Jōyō ^†)
• Nanori: さめ (same)、ふる (furu)

• 五月雨(さみだれ) (samidare)
• 時雨(しぐれ) (shigure)
• 梅雨(つゆ) (tsuyu)

Kanji in this term
雨
あめ Grade: 1
kun'yomi

⟨ame₂⟩ → */aməɨ/ → /ame/

From Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *amay.

Cognate with 天 (ame, unbound apophonic of ama, “sky”),^[1] as in the location of clouds where water precipitates from.

Distinct from 飴 (⟨ame₁⟩ → ame, “candy”).

• (Tokyo) あめ [áꜜmè] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [a̠me̞]

雨(あめ) • (ame) 

1. rain, rainfall

   一(ひと)雨(あめ)ごとに春(はる)が来(く)る ― hitoame goto ni haru ga kuru ― spring nears by each rainfall

2. a rainy weather

   Synonym: 雨天 (uten)

3. (figurative) something falling like rain
5. (card games, hanafuda) The willow or rain suit in a hanafuda deck, representing the month of November and the number eleven in most of Japan (June and six in 虫花 (mushibana) decks, February and two in games from the Nagoya region, and December and twelve in Korea)

   Synonym: 柳 (yanagi, “willow”)

• In most cases, ame becomes same when it serves as the latter element of a compound. It is unclear if this leading /s/ is indicative of an earlier same, or if this was an epenthesis for euphony to avoid vowel clusters, or for other reasons. This /s/ is also seen in 青 (ao, becoming sao in old compounds) and 稲 (ine, becoming shine in old compounds). Given that this /s/ only ever appears interstitially, and given the semantics, this /s/ may be cognate with Korean interfix -ᄉ- (-s-) used to mark possession, much like English -s-.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:雨.

Hanafuda suits in Japanese · 花札のスート (hanafuda no sūto) (layout · text)
1月 (ichigatsu)	2月 (nigatsu)	3月 (sangatsu)	4月 (shigatsu)	5月 (gogatsu)	6月 (rokugatsu)
松 (matsu)	梅 (ume)	桜 (sakura)	藤 (fuji) 黒豆 (kuromame)	菖蒲 (ayame, shōbu) 杜若 (kakitsubata)	牡丹 (botan)
7月 (shichigatsu)	8月 (hachigatsu)	9月 (kugatsu)	10月 (jūgatsu)	11月 (jūichigatsu)	12月 (jūnigatsu)
萩 (hagi) 赤豆 (akamame)	芒 (susuki) 坊主 (bōzu)	菊 (kiku)	紅葉 (momiji)	柳 (yanagi) 雨 (ame)	桐 (kiri)

Kanji in this term
雨
あま Grade: 1
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *amay.

A bound apophonic form only appearing in compounds. Compare the formation of 目(ま) (ma, bound form in compounds) and 目(め) (me, standalone form), 手(た) (ta) and 手(て) (te), 風(かざ) (kaza) and 風(かぜ) (kaze), or 酒(さか) (saka) and 酒(さけ) (sake).

• IPA^(key): [a̠ma̠]

雨(あま) • (ama) 

1. combining form of 雨 (ame, “rain”)

Kanji in this term
雨
う Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 雨 (MC hjuX).

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟]

雨(う) • (u) 

1. rain
2. (figuratively) something falling like rain
3. (figuratively) favor, blessing

• レイン (rein), レーン (rēn)

• “雨”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

From Middle Chinese 雨 (MC hjuX).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	ᅌᅮᆼ〯 (Yale: ngwǔ)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[3]	비〮 (Yale: pí)	우〯 (Yale: wǔ)

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [u(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [우(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

雨 (eumhun 비 우 (bi u))

1. hanja form^? of 우 (“rain”) [affix]

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [4]

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: あみ (ami, 雨)

雨(あみ) (ami) 

1. rain

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: あむぃ (amï, 雨)

雨(あむぃ) (amï) 

1. rain

   今日(きゅう)や、ひかんまら一日中(いちにちじゅう)雨(あむぃ)模様(もよう)だりょっと。

   Kyūya, hikanmaraichinichizyūamïmoyōdaryotto.

   It has been raining all day today since this morning.

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• On (unclassified): う (u, Jōyō)
• Kun: あみ (ami, 雨)

From Proto-Ryukyuan *ami.

• (Shuri-Naha) あみ [àmí] (Heiban - [0])
• IPA^(key): [ʔami]

雨(あみ) (ami) 

1. rain, rainfall

From Proto-Japonic *amay.

Cognate with 天 (ame₂, “sky”),^[1] as in the location of clouds where water precipitates from.

雨 (ame₂) (kana あめ)

1. rain, rainfall

• In some compounds, when prefixed, ame becomes the bound apophonic ama.
• In some compounds, when suffixed, ame becomes same.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:雨.

• 暴雨, 速雨 (payasame₂)
• 大雨 (*pi₁tisame₂, *pi₁disame₂) → 大雨 (*pi₁same₂)
• 村雨 (murasame₂)

• Japanese: 雨 (ame)

雨: Hán Việt readings: vũ^[1][2]
雨: Nôm readings: vũ^[1][3][4]

1. chữ Hán form of vũ (“rain”)

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: あみ (ami, 雨)

雨(あみ) (ami) 

1. rain

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

• Kun: あみ (ami, 雨)

雨(あみ) (ami) 

1. rain