Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 8
雨 rain
- Meaning
- rain
- On reading
- ウ
- Kun reading
- あめ
Memory hook
A cloud frame with four drops falling inside it. ウ in compounds, あめ on its own.
Words that use 雨
雨
あめ
rain
大雨
おおあめ
heavy rain
How to write 雨
Stroke order · 8 strokes
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
- 1. Horizontal.
- 2. Vertical.
- 3. Horizontal, then turn down, ending in a hook.
- 4. Vertical.
- 5 to 8. A short dot.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
雨 is taught on day 16 of the kanji course, alongside 天 気 空, with two writing passes and a short quiz.