The kanji 雨: meaning, readings and stroke order

雨

Meaning: rain
On reading: ウ u
Kun reading: あめ ame、あま* ama
Strokes: 8
Radical: 雨 rain
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: mưa (vũ)
Japanese: あめ。
Korean: 비 (우)
Chinese: 雨

Readings, words and example sentences

ウ u · on reading

雨う天てん
rainy weather
雨う天てんでも出かけます。
We go out even if it rains.

あめ ame · kun reading

雨あめ
rain
あさから 雨あめがふっています。
It has been raining since morning.

* marks a less common reading, usually learnt from junior high on.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.