雨

雨 is a Japanese kanji written with 8 strokes, listed here under the keyword “rain”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 451. It appears as a component in 18 other characters in this index.

Keyword: rain
RTK frame: 451
Strokes: 8
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): あめ, あま-, -さめ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: weather, дождь
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 雨 rain

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 雨

雲 cloud
雷 thunder
霜 frost
電 electricity
漏 leak
雪 snow
需 demand
霧 fog
露 dew
零 zero
霊 spirits
震 quake
雰 atmosphere
澪 canal
樗 sumac
雫 trickle
霞 haze
靄 mist

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