雨

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) – a cloud with drops of rain falling from it.

Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

Han character

雨 (radical 173 雨+0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一中月卜 (MLBY), four-corner 1022₇)

1. rain
2. rainy
3. KangXi radical 173 雨

Descendants

• Index:Chinese radical/雨

References

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

雨 (Yale yu5)

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Cognate with same (“rain”). Found both alone and in compounds. Perhaps derived from /same/ > /ame/ with the lose of the initial /s/; see same.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [áme]

Noun

雨 (hiragana あめ, romaji ame)

1. rain
   • 一雨ごとに春が来る

     hito ame goto ni haru ga kuru

     Spring nears by each rain-fall

   • 931-938: Wamyō Ruijushō (book 1 page 24)

     雨 設文云、雨、音禹、阿女○山田本有和名二字、谷川氏曰、阿女天水之急呼、謂如水從天下也、水從雲中而下也

Etymology 2

Cognate with ame (“rain”). Found in compounds. The /s/ either represents epenthesis between two vowels in compounds or, more likely, is a reflex of an older form of the word ame (“rain”) only maintained in fossilized compounds. See Derived terms.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [same]

Noun

雨 (hiragana さめ, romaji same)

1. rain

Derived terms

• 秋雨 (akisame)
• 速雨, 暴雨 (hayasame)
• 春雨 (harusame)
• 大雨 (hichisame)
• 大雨 (hijisame)
• 大雨 (hisame)
• 氷雨 (hisame)
• 糸雨 (itosame)
• 霧雨 (kirisame)
• 樹雨 (kisame)
• 小雨 (kosame)
• 群雨, 叢雨, 暴雨 (murasame)
• 長雨 (nagasame)
• 白雨 (shirasame)
• 藪雨 (yabusame)
• 横雨 (yokosame)
• 夜雨 (yosame)

Kanji

雨 (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: う (u)
• Kun: あめ (ame), あま (ama), さめ (same)

さめ (same) occurs as epenthesis (instead of more common あめ (ame)) in terms such as 小雨 (こさめ, kosame, “light rain, drizzle”) and 春雨 (はるさめ, harusame, “spring rain”).

Compounds

雨傘 (amagasa): umbrella 雨域 (uiki): rainy area 雨雲 (amagumo): rain cloud 雨蛙 (amagaeru): tree frog 雨笠 (amagasa): rain hat 雨間 (amaai): break in the rain 雨期, 雨季 (uki): rainy season 雨気 (amake, uki): signs of rain 雨脚, 雨足 (amaashi, ameashi): passing shower 雨具 (amagu): rain gear 雨空 (amazora): threatening sky 雨靴 (amagutsu): overshoes 雨戸 (amado): sliding storm door 雨後 (ugo): after rain 雨水 (amamizu): rain water 雨声 (usei): sound of rain 雨着 (amagi): raincoat 雨中 (uchū): in the rain

雨注 (uchū): showering upon 雨滴 (uteki): rain drops 雨天 (uten): rainy weather 雨曇 (amagumori): overcast weather 雨樋 (amadoi): drainspout 雨氷 (uhyō): freezing rain 雨風 (amakaze, amekaze): rain and wind 雨粒 (amatsubu, ametsubu): raindrop 雨量 (uryō): rainfall 雨林 (urin): rain forest 雨露 (uro, ametsuyu): rain and dew 雨霰 (amearare): rain and hail 雨雲 (amagumo): rain cloud 雨垂れ (amadare): raindrops 雨降り (amefuri): in the rain 雨乞い (amagoi): praying for rain 雨止み (amayami): break in the rain 雨宿り (amadayori): taking shelter from rain

雨避け, 雨除け (amayoke): shelter from rain 雨上り (ameagari): after the rain 雨続き (ametsuzuki): raining for days on end 雨曝し (amazarashi): weatherbeaten 雨落ち (amaochi, ameochi): raindrops fall from eaves 雨漏り (amamori): roof leak 雨合羽 (amagappa): raincoat 雨支度, 雨仕度 (amajitaku): preparation for rain 降雨 (kōu): rainfall 豪雨 (gōu): heavy rain 梅雨 (baiu, tsuyu): rainy season 風雨 (fūu): wind and rain 大雨 (ōame): heavy rain 俄雨 (niwakaame): shower 春雨 (harusame): spring rain 小雨 (kosame): drizzle 時雨 (shigure): late fall rain 五月雨 (samidare): early summer rain

References

• 1968 February 12 [931-938], Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu, Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 4-653-00507-9:

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Korean

Hanja

雨
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 우 (revised: u, McCune-Reischauer: u, Yale: wu)

• Name (hangeul): 비()

• Compounds:
  • 雨傘 (우산, usan)

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

雨

Pronunciation

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Noun

雨 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin yǔ)

1. rain

   傾盆大雨。 (trad.)

   倾盆大雨。 (simp.)

   Raining cats and dogs.

Hanzi

雨 (pinyin yǔ (yu3), Wade-Giles yü³)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

雨 (*hiǒ)

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Vietnamese

Han character

雨 (vũ)