⾬

rain

yǔ (yu3)

Radical no. 173 · 8 strokes (第 173 部首 · 8 画 dì 173 bùshǒu · 8 huà)

Radical ⾬ (yǔ) — meaning: rain, 8 strokes.

Origin & mnemonic

The rain radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone script, depicting water droplets falling from the sky. The form shows a cloud-like shape at the top with strokes below representing falling raindrops.

Mnemonic: Picture a cloud floating on top with water droplets falling down as scratching strokes beneath it.

Characters with this radical (含此部首的字 hán cǐ bùshǒu de zì)

50 characters

Stroke count

All strokes1-3 strokes4-6 strokes7-10 strokes11+ strokes

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  • 雪xuě

    snow

    HSK 2

    11 strokes

  • 雩yú

    summer sacrifice for rain

    11 strokes

  • 云yún

    (classical) to say

    HSK 2

    12 strokes

  • 雯wén

    multicolored clouds

    12 strokes

  • 雰fēn

    misty

    12 strokes

  • 雱pāng

    (literary) (of rainfall or snowfall) heavy

    12 strokes

  • 雳lì

    used in 霹靂|霹雳[pi1 li4]

    12 strokes

  • 雷léi

    thunder

    13 strokes

  • 零líng

    zero

    HSK 1

    13 strokes

  • 电diàn

    lightning

    HSK 1

    13 strokes

  • 雾wù

    fog

    HSK 7

    13 strokes

  • 雹báo

    hail

    13 strokes

  • 需xū

    to require

    HSK 7

    14 strokes

  • 霁jì

    sky clearing up

    14 strokes

  • 霆tíng

    clap of thunder

    14 strokes

  • 霉méi

    mold

    15 strokes

  • 震zhèn

    to shake

    HSK 7

    15 strokes

  • 霂mù

    used in 霢霂[mai4 mu4]

    15 strokes

  • 霄xiāo

    firmament

    15 strokes

  • 霅zhá

    rain

    15 strokes

  • 霈pèi

    torrent of rain

    15 strokes

  • 霍huò

    (literary) suddenly

    16 strokes

  • 霓ní

    secondary rainbow

    16 strokes

  • 霎shà

    all of a sudden

    16 strokes

  • 霏fēi

    fall of snow

    16 strokes

  • 霒yīn

    old variant of 陰|阴[yin1]

    16 strokes

  • 霖lín

    continued rain

    16 strokes

  • 霙yīng

    sleet

    16 strokes

  • 霜shuāng

    frost

    HSK 7

    17 strokes

  • 霛líng

    old variant of 靈|灵[ling2]

    17 strokes

  • 霝líng

    drops of rain

    17 strokes

  • 霞xiá

    rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset

    17 strokes

  • 霡mài

    old variant of 霢[mai4]

    17 strokes

  • 霤liù

    dripping of rain from eaves

    18 strokes

  • 霩kuò

    variant of 廓[kuo4]

    18 strokes

  • 霨wèi

    rising of clouds

    19 strokes

  • 霪yín

    heavy rain

    19 strokes

  • 霫xí

    Sui-Tang (premodern ethnic group)

    19 strokes

  • 霭ǎi

    mist

    19 strokes

  • 霮dàn

    denseness of clouds

    20 strokes

  • 霰xiàn

    graupel

    20 strokes

  • 露lù

    dew

    HSK 6

    21 strokes

  • 霸bà

    hegemon

    21 strokes

  • 霹pī

    used in 霹靂|霹雳[pi1 li4] and 霹雷[pi1 lei2]

    21 strokes

  • 霺wēi

    old variant of 溦[wei1]

    21 strokes

  • 霾mái

    haze

    22 strokes

  • 靁léi

    old variant of 雷[lei2]

    23 strokes

  • 叇dài

    see 靉靆|叆叇[ai4 dai4]

    23 strokes

Related radicals (相关部首 xiāngguān bùshǒu)

Same stroke count or numerically adjacent in the 214-radical set.