雨 (yǔ): meaning and stroke order
雨 (yǔ) means rain, 阵场, (literary) to rain, (of rain, snow etc) to fall, to precipitate, to wet.
雨
- Simplified
- 雨
- Traditional
- 雨 (same form)
- Pinyin
- yǔ · yù
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Stroke order of 雨
雨
- yǔ rain; CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
- yù (literary) to rain; (of rain, snow etc) to fall
- 8 strokes
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Meaning of 雨
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yǔ
- rain
- CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
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yù
- (literary) to rain
- (of rain, snow etc) to fall
- to precipitate
- to wet
Radical and structure
- 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.
Words with 雨
- 下雨 xià yǔ to rain
- 小雨 xiǎo yǔ light rain; drizzle
- 雨量 yǔ liàng rainfall
- 风雨 fēng yǔ wind and rain; the elements
- 烟雨 yān yǔ misty rain; drizzle
- 雨具 yǔ jù rainwear
- 雨伞 yǔ sǎn umbrella; CL:把[ba3]
雨 in our stories
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那天晚上，村子下了一场大雨。
nà tiān wǎnshang cūnzi xià le yì cháng dà yǔ
That night heavy rain fell on the village.
From the story The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
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天气预报说下午可能有雨，可是早上天很晴，他们就没带伞。
tiānqì yùbào shuō xiàwǔ kěnéng yǒu yǔ kěshì zǎoshang tiān hěn qíng tāmen jiù méi dài sǎn
The forecast said it might rain in the afternoon, but the morning was clear, so they didn't take umbrellas.
From the story No umbrella HSK 3
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明朝的时候，书生顾青去京城考试，路上下起了大雨，只好在一座没有人的老庙里过夜。
Míngcháo de shíhou shūshēng Gù Qīng qù jīngchéng kǎoshì lù shàng xià qǐ le dà yǔ zhǐhǎo zài yí zuò méiyǒu rén de lǎo miào lǐ guòyè
In the Ming dynasty, a scholar called Gu Qing was travelling to the capital for the examinations. Caught in a downpour, he had to spend the night in an old, deserted temple.
From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5
Stories using 雨
- The little dragon and the rain HSK 2
- No umbrella HSK 3
- The girl in the painting HSK 5
- The dry floor HSK 6
- The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The song in the thunderstorm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
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).