雨

Alternative forms

 * In mainland China, Japan, and Korea, the inner dots of the character are written as, 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 and its mirror image.
 * When this character is used as an upper radical component, the form is different depending on the script used.
 * For (明體/明朝体):
 * In mainland China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, the radical component resembles  with four horizontal lines which is also the historical form used in the.
 * In Taiwan and Hong Kong, the radical component resembles the character itself (with and its mirror image) but the lower right hook of  is omitted.
 * For (楷書):
 * In mainland China and Japan, the radical component resembles the character itself (with ) but the lower right hook of is omitted.
 * In Taiwan and Hong Kong, the radical component resembles the character itself (with and its mirror image) but the lower right hook of  is omitted.

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/雨

Glyph origin
– a cloud with drops of rain falling from it. (Compare .)

Etymology
From.

Definitions

 * 1) rain
 * 2)   friend
 * 3)   teaching; instruction

Definitions

 * 1)  to rain
 * 2)  to fall (like rain)
 * 3)  to moisten
 * 1)  to moisten

Etymology 1
→ * →

From, ultimately from.

Cognate with, as in the location of clouds where water precipitates from.

Noun

 * 1) rain, rainfall
 * 2) a rainy weather
 * 3)  something falling like rain
 * 1)  something falling like rain
 * 1)  something falling like rain

Usage notes

 * In some compounds, when suffixed, ame becomes same. It is unclear if this leading is indicative of an earlier same, or if this was an  for euphony to avoid vowel clusters, or for other reasons. This  is also seen in  and . Given that this  only ever appears interstitially, and given the semantics, this  may be cognate with 🇨🇬 interfix  used to mark possession, much like 🇨🇬.

Etymology 2
From.

Affix

 * 1) rain
 * 2)  something falling like rain
 * 3)  favor, blessing

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) rain

Noun

 * 1) rain

Etymology
From.

Pronunciation

 * あ ( - [0])

Noun

 * 1) rain, rainfall

Etymology
From.

Cognate with, as in the location of clouds where water precipitates from.

Noun

 * 1) rain, rainfall

Usage notes

 * In some compounds, when prefixed, ame becomes the bound apophonic ama.
 * In some compounds, when suffixed, ame becomes same.

Noun

 * 1) rain

Noun

 * 1) rain