Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• ⻗ (U+2ED7) (When used as a combining radical)

Han character

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

1. Kangxi radical #173, ⾬ ‎(“rain”).

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

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 雨
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Large seal script	Small seal script

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

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, 3rd – 2nd 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

Descendants

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

雨

1. ^† to rain
   • 雨我公田，遂及我私。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE

     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 11th – 7th centuries BCE

     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!

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: う (u)
• Kan’on: う (u)
• Kun: あめ (ame), あま (ama), さめ (same)

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”).

Compounds

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [á̠.me̞]
• あ​め (Atamadaka)

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 雨 ‎(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 only maintained in fossilized compounds. See the list of derived terms.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sá̠.me̞]

Noun

雨 ‎(hiragana さめ, romaji same)

1. rain

Derived terms

References

• Minamoto, Shitagō; Kyōto Daigaku Bungakubu Kokugogaku Kokubungaku Kenkyūshitu (931–938) Shohon Shūsei Wamyō Ruijushō: Honbunhen (in Japanese), Kyōto: Rinsen, ISBN 978-4-653-00507-0, published 1968.

Korean

Hanja

雨 • ‎(u)
Eumhun:

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

• Name (hangeul): 비()

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• Compounds:
  • 雨傘 (우산, usan)
  • 雨雹 (우박, ubak)

Miyako

Kanji

雨 ‎(hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

Noun

雨 ‎(hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

1. rain

Okinawan

Kanji

雨 ‎(hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

Noun

雨 ‎(hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

1. rain

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

雨 (vũ, thủy)

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Yonaguni

Kanji

雨 ‎(hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

Noun

雨 ‎(hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

1. rain

Yoron

Kanji

雨 ‎(hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

Noun

雨 ‎(hiragana あみ, romaji ami)

1. rain

Compounds