雨

• In mainland China, Japan and Korea, the inner dots of the character is written as ⿰⺀⺀.
• In Taiwan, Hong Kong and Vietnam, the inner dots of the character is 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 (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.

• Index:Chinese radical/雨

Wikidata

• 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

Historical forms of the character 雨
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)		Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu Slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Ancient script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

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

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

雨

1. rain

   • 雷以動之，風以散之，雨以潤之，日以烜之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     雷以动之，风以散之，雨以润之，日以烜之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: I Ching, 3^rd – 2^nd millennia BCE

     Léi yǐ dòng zhī, fēng yǐ sàn zhī, yǔ yǐ rùn zhī, rì yǐ xuǎn zhī. [Pinyin]

     Thunder serves to put things in motion; wind to scatter (the genial seeds of) them; rain to moisten them; the sun to warm them.

2. ^† (figuratively) friend
3. ^† (figuratively) teaching; instruction

雨

1. ^† to rain

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

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 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. ^† to fall from the sky (like the rain)

   • 北風其涼，雨雪其雱。惠而好我，攜手同行。其虛其邪，既亟只且。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     北风其凉，雨雪其雱。惠而好我，携手同行。其虚其邪，既亟只且。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

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

     Běi fēng qí liáng, yù xuě qí pāng. Huì ér hào wǒ, xié shǒu tóng xíng. Qí xū qí xié, jì jí zhǐ qiě. [Pinyin]

     Cold blows the north wind; Thick falls the snow. Ye who love and regard me, let us join hands and go together. Is it a time for delay? The urgency is extreme!

Template:ja-Han characters

• Go-on: う (u, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: う (u, Jōyō)
• Kun: あめ (ame, 雨, Jōyō); あま (ama, 雨, Jōyō, uncommon); さめ (same, 雨)

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

Cognate with 雨 (same, “rain”). Found both alone and in compounds. Perhaps derived from /same/ → /ame/ with loss of the initial /s/; see same reading below for more.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) あ​め [áꜜmè] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [a̠me̞]

雨 (hiragana あめ, rōmaji ame)

1. rain

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

   • 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

Cognate with 雨 (ame, “rain”).

Appears as the latter part in older compounds with an -s- infix or prefix. It is unclear if this leading /s/ is indicative of an earlier form (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.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) さ​め [sáꜜmè] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [sa̠me̞]

雨 (hiragana さめ, rōmaji same)

1. (possibly archaic) rain

Now used only in compounds.

From Middle Chinese 雨 (MC ɦɨo^X).

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝ]

雨 (hiragana う, rōmaji u)

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

• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, published 1968, →ISBN.

雨 (eumhun 비 우 (bi u))

1. Hanja form^? of 우 (“rain”).

• 雨傘 (우산, usan)
• 雨雹 (우박, ubak)

雨 (hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

雨 (hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

1. rain

雨 (hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

雨 (hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

1. rain

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

1. Hán tự form of vũ (“rain”).

雨 (hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

雨 (hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

1. rain

雨 (hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

雨 (hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

1. rain