雨 (yǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “rain”. It is written from 一 (one) and 冂 (down box) and 丨 (vertical stroke) and 丶 (dot stroke) and 丶 (dot stroke) and 丶 (dot stroke) and 丶 (dot stroke), and takes 8 strokes.
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Structure
一 + 冂 + 丨 + 丶 + 丶 + 丶 + 丶
Overlapping structure
- 一 one · yī unknown
- 冂 down box · jiōng unknown
- 丨 vertical stroke · gǔn unknown
- 丶 dot stroke · zhǔ unknown
- 丶 dot stroke · zhǔ unknown
- 丶 dot stroke · zhǔ unknown
- 丶 dot stroke · zhǔ unknown
Structure from: Unicode U+96E8 and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph stroke inspection (8 strokes: 一 / 冂 / 丨 / 丶×4)
Memory aid
A flat line (一) is the sky. Under it a frame (冂) is the cloud, a stroke (丨) hangs down through it, and four dots (丶 丶 丶 丶) fall inside — rain.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
8 strokes
In real words
- 下雨xià yǔto rain雨 = yǔ
- 雨伞yǔ sǎnumbrella雨 = yǔspoken asyú sǎn
- 淋雨lín yǔto get soaked in the rain雨 = yǔ
- 淫雨yín yǔprolonged excessive rain雨 = yǔ
Go deeper
All readings
rain
rain; water falling from clouds
从云层中降落到地面的水。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 下雨xià yǔto rain雨 = yǔ
- 雨伞yǔ sǎnumbrella雨 = yǔspoken asyú sǎn
- 淋雨lín yǔto get soaked in the rain雨 = yǔ
- 淫雨yín yǔprolonged excessive rain雨 = yǔ
Other characters with these parts
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 雨 mean?
雨 (yǔ) means rain; water falling from clouds.
How do you pronounce 雨?
It is pronounced yǔ.
What parts is 雨 made of?
一 (one) and 冂 (down box) and 丨 (vertical stroke) and 丶 (dot stroke) and 丶 (dot stroke) and 丶 (dot stroke) and 丶 (dot stroke). The recorded source is: Unicode U+96E8 and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph stroke inspection (8 strokes: 一 / 冂 / 丨 / 丶×4). Components are the building blocks of the shape; the radical used for dictionary lookup is a separate thing.
How many strokes does 雨 have?
8. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 雨?
雨. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 雨?
Common ones are 下雨 and 雨伞. The reading of 雨 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.