Chinese character for rain: 雨 (yǔ)
The Chinese character for rain is 雨 (yǔ). It means rain and appears in 下雨 (xià yǔ, to rain) and 雨伞 (yǔsǎn, umbrella). In Chinese thought, rain is linked with growth and blessings for farmers.
How 雨 is built
雨 is a pictograph of rain. The top line is the sky, the frame below is the clouds, and the four dots inside are raindrops falling. As a part of other characters it sits on top as the weather radical, as in 雪 (snow), 雷 (thunder), 云's traditional form 雲 (cloud) and 零 (zero, from drizzle). It is identical in simplified and traditional Chinese.
雨 yǔ · rain
- 帀zā — to rotate
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 巾jīn — cloth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: Rain drops falling from a cloud 帀 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
How 雨 is used
Before you use it as a tattoo or design: 雨 is identical in both scripts; the four dots should all slant the same way in good calligraphy.
Questions
What is the Chinese character for rain?
雨 (yǔ) means “rain”.
How do you pronounce 雨?
雨 is pronounced yǔ.