Rain Radical (雨) — Characters, Meaning and Practice Worksheet
雨 is the rain radical. It appears in 8 of the most common Chinese characters — these 8 are the ones worth learning first, and the worksheet below gives every one of them a pinyin header, a stroke-by-stroke model and blank Tianzige grids to copy into.
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What does 雨 mean?
Rain radical · 雨 yǔ · 8 strokes · rain
It usually appears across the top of the character. The Origin column below shows what each character's parts do — many take their meaning from the radical, some take their sound from the other half.
Shapes: 雨
雨 itself: Rain drops falling from a cloud 帀
8 common characters with 雨
Ranked by how often they appear in real written Chinese. Every character links to its own page with a stroke-order animation and example words.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 需 | xū | need, require | Rain 雨 needed for crops to grow |
| 露 | lù | show, reveal | 路 supplies the sound |
| 雪 | xuě | snow | 彐 supplies the sound |
| 震 | zhèn | to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the… | 辰 supplies the sound |
| 零 | líng | zero | 令 supplies the sound |
| 雷 | léi | thunder; mine | A storm 雨 over the fields 田 |
| 霸 | bà | hegemon | rain |
| 雾 | wù | fog, mist | 务 supplies the sound |
Related Radicals
- 门Gate radical · mén12 common characters · gate, door
- 阝Mound radical · fù36 common characters · a mound (on the left) or a city (on the right)
- 隹Short-tailed bird radical · zhuī16 common characters · a short-tailed bird
- 青Blue-green radical · qīng8 common characters · blue; green
- 页Head radical · yè18 common characters · head — originally a person's head
- 饣Food radical · shí8 common characters · food; to eat
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