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
• 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)
2. ^† (figurative) friend
3. ^† (figurative) teaching; instruction

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.

• (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

• In some compounds, when suffixed, ame becomes same. 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.

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

From Middle Chinese 雨 (MC hjuX).

雨(う) • (u) 

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

• レイン (rein), レーン (rēn)

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[2]	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.

Wikisource

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. [3]

(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