The Chinese Radical: 雨




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Meaning
rain    雨

Explanation View out of a window 冂 into the rain =,=. The upper line is a rain cloud.

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
rain


View out of a window into the rain; the upper line is a rain cloud.
HSK 2
snow, snowfall
xuě
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: hand /ヨ
Rain that you can hold in your hand is: snow.
HSK 2
zero, nought, remnant, remainder
líng
Top: rain 雨, below: order/command 令 (A lid on the bent person卩, was ordered)
The chances that the rain might obey an order are: zero.
HSK 3
to require, to need, to want, necessity, need

Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: beard 而 (closed mouth 一 with a beard 皿)
(The low-lime rainwater is particularly good for beard care) Rain on the beard is needed!
HSK 5
thunder, terrific
léi
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: field 田 [cf. Electricity 电: When lightning strikes the field 田, then the lightning rod 乚 has electricity]
Rain falls on the field amidst thunder. [Or: The rain 雨 on the field 田 without lightning 乚 has only a thunder.]
HSK 5
fog, mist

Top: rain 雨, bottom: affair, business 务 (He sits cross-legged 夂, but he handles with force 力 his: affairs)
Rain is an affair connected with: fog or mist.
HSK 5
to leak, to divulge, to leave out by mistake, funnel
lòu
Left: water 氵, right: buttocks from the side 尸 and rain 雨
The water on the buttocks is rain but it 'leaks' down.
HSK 5
to sprinkle, to spray, to spill, to shed

西
Left: water 氵, right: west 西 (Below the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west, but here: variant of rain 雨)
Water as 'rain' means to sprinkle.
HSK 5
to shake (earth quake), to vibrate, to tremble, excited, shocked
zhèn
Top: rain 雨, below: 'early morning' 辰 = image of plowing (At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农.)
When rain causes "plowed lines" (in a puddle), it is like a "quake".
HSK 5
mold, mildew, fungi, moldy
méi
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), bottom: every 每 (every person 人 = has a mother 母)
At rain everything is affected by: mold.
HSK 6
suddenly
huò
Left: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), right: bird 隹
Rain and birds come suddenly.
HSK 6
to come to appearance, reveal, show, nectar
lù, lòu
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), bottom: street 路 (The feet 足 all 各 move on the road.)
(The potholes are filling up?) Rain comes on the street into: appearance.
HSK 6
tyrant, hegemon, to rule by force, to usurp

Top: rain 雨, below: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather; but here: animals in general.), moon 月
He controls the rain, the animals and the moon: The tyrant!
HSK 6
Confucius, scholar

Left: person 人, right: require, need 需 (Rain[water] 雨 on the beard 而 is needed [for care])
People need Confucianism. Or: The person in the rain with the (long) beard, is: Confucius.
HSK 6
red clouds, afterglow, red sunset
xiá
Top: rain 雨 (here: generally weather), bottom: (free interpretation: mine/pit) 叚 (In a hole 口 with a ladder 'E' you have the tool コ in your hand 又)
This weather (phenomenon) has (dulled light) like in a mine: Red clouds at sunset.
HSK 6
frost, white powder or cream
shuāng
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: mutually 相 (At the tree 木 you watch 目 mutually.)
(Sometimes hoar frost makes the trees white:) This 'rain' in the trees can be seen, because it is: frost.
HSK 6
bud
lěi
Top: plant 艹, bottom: thunder 雷 (Rain 雨 falls on the fields 田 amidst thunder.)
At the plants appear (as sudden as) a thunder: the buds.
HSK 6
hail, hailstorm
báo
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: enwrap 包 (The wrap 勹 itself 己 makes it to be wrapped.)
The rain, which is "enwrapped" is the hail.
no HSK
multicolored clouds, cloud pattern
wén
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: text/language 文 (also 云 means cloud)
When rain is described with text (= poetically), then as multicolored cloud pattern.
no HSK
firmament, heaven
xiāo
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), below: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)
The rain is alike (everywhere) in the firmament.
no HSK
continued rain
lín
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), bottom: forest 林
When the rain is like a forest, it is: continued rain.
no HSK
clap of thunder
tíng
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), bottom: judicial court 廷 (The movement 廴 of a scholar 士 with hat 壬 [= judge] to the court.)
The rain, as well as the judicial court makes: "claps of thunder".
no HSK
all of a sudden, drizzle
shà
Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), right: concubine 妾 (The standing 立 woman 女 is the: concubine.)
In the rain is standing a woman (and says:) It came suddenly.
no HSK
clap of thunder

Top: rain 雨, bottom: anal penetration, torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture)
In the rain you are 'tortured' by the thunderclap.
no HSK
clap of thunder

Top: rain 雨 (= window 冂 with cloud 一 and drops 丶丶), bottom: to pass through, history 历 (The cliff 厂 was piled up with force 力: This is the past and has entered into history)
In the rain, like a cliff of power: the clap of thunder.
no HSK
secondary rainbow

Top: rain 雨, bottom: fragment, child 兒/儿 (typically simplified to 儿, as a mortar 臼 and legs 儿)
At rain the rainbow 虹 has a child: the secondary.
no HSK
beat, hit, to grind, to beat (a drum)
léi, lèi, lēi
Left: hand 扌, right: thunder 雷 (Rain 雨 falls on the fields 田 amidst thunder.)
A hand like a thunder, when: beating.

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