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风雨 (fēng yǔ): meaning and stroke order

风雨 (fēng yǔ) means wind and rain, the elements, (fig.) trials and hardships.

风雨

Simplified
风雨
Traditional
風雨
Pinyin
fēng yǔ

Stroke order of 风雨

风

  • fēng wind; news
  • 4 strokes
  • Traditional form: 風

Stroke by stroke

雨

  • yǔ rain; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
  • yù (literary) to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall
  • 8 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 风雨

  1. fēng yǔ Traditional 風雨
    • wind and rain
    • the elements
    • (fig.) trials and hardships

Radicals of the characters

风
Radical 风 (Kangxi radical 182) in its simplified form · 4 strokes · built from 𠘨 and 㐅
雨
Radical 雨 (Kangxi radical 173) · 8 strokes · 一 on top, 𠕒 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

风雨 in our stories

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  • 一个掌管风雨的龙王，最后输给的不是凡人的本事，而是自己那一点点不服气。

    yí gè zhǎngguǎn fēngyǔ de Lóngwáng zuìhòu shū gěi de bú shì fánrén de běnshi érshì zìjǐ nà yìdiǎndiǎn bù fúqì

    A Dragon King who ruled wind and rain was defeated in the end not by a mortal's skill, but by his own small refusal to lose.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 一根竹杖，一双草鞋，比骑马还轻松，有什么好怕的？披着蓑衣在风雨里走，这就是我的一生。

    yì gēn zhúzhàng yì shuāng cǎoxié bǐ qímǎ hái qīngsōng yǒu shénme hǎo pà de pī zhe suōyī zài fēngyǔ lǐ zǒu zhè jiùshì wǒ de yìshēng

    A bamboo staff and a pair of straw sandals are easier than riding a horse—what is there to fear? Walking through wind and rain in a straw cape: that is my life.

    From the story Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 风雨

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).