雨
rain
8 strokes. Taught in grade 1. Newspaper frequency rank 950.
Readings
- あめ (kun reading): 雨 (あめ) rain; 大雨 (おおあめ) heavy rain
- ウ (on reading): 豪雨 (ごうう) torrential rain; 熱帯雨林 (ねったいうりん) tropical rainforest
- あま (kun reading): 雨宿り (あまやどり) taking shelter from rain; 雨雲 (あまぐも) rain cloud
- さめ (kun reading): 小雨 (こさめ) light rain; 春雨 (はるさめ) gentle spring rain
- Read as a whole word: 梅雨 (つゆ) (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July); 時雨 (しぐれ) rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; 梅雨入り (つゆいり) entering the rainy season
Components
- 雨 radical rain
Kanji containing 雨
- 電 electricity
- 震 quake
- 露 dew
- 需 demand
- 雪 snow
- 零 zero
- 雲 cloud
- 漏 leak
- 雰 atmosphere
- 霊 spirits
- 雷 thunder
- 霞 be hazy
- 霧 fog
- 霜 frost
- 雫 drop
- 雩 offer sacrifice for rain
- 雹 hail
- 霄 sky
- 霆 lightning
- 霈 big rain
- 霍 quick
- 霎 light rain
- 霏 falling rain or snow
- 霑 moisten
- 霓 rainbow
- 霖 long rainy spell
- 霙 sleet
- 霤 raindrops falling from the eaves
- 霪 rain lasting at least ten days
- 霰 hail
- 櫺 latticework
- 霸 supremacy
- 霹 thunder
- 霽 clear up
- 霾 wind-blown dust falling like rain
- 靂 violent
- 靄 mist
- 靈 soul
Words using 雨
- 雨 (あめ) rain
- 大雨 (おおあめ) heavy rain
- にわか雨 (にわかあめ) rain shower
- 雨降り (あめふり) rainfall
- 雨上がり (あめあがり) after the rain
- 豪雨 (ごうう) torrential rain
- 熱帯雨林 (ねったいうりん) tropical rainforest
- 雨天 (うてん) rainy weather
- 雷雨 (らいう) thunderstorm
- 雨季 (うき) rainy season
- 梅雨 (つゆ) (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)
- 時雨 (しぐれ) rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter
- 梅雨入り (つゆいり) entering the rainy season
- 五月雨 (さみだれ) early-summer rain
- 梅雨明け (つゆあけ) end of the rainy season
- 雨宿り (あまやどり) taking shelter from rain
- 雨雲 (あまぐも) rain cloud
- 雨水 (あまみず) rain water
- 雨音 (あまおと) sound of rainfall
- 雨漏り (あまもり) roof leak
- 小雨 (こさめ) light rain
- 春雨 (はるさめ) gentle spring rain
- 村雨 (むらさめ) passing shower
- 霧雨 (きりさめ) drizzle
- 秋雨 (あきさめ) autumn rain
269 words in all.