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Kanji Information Sheet for 雨 ( 
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| English: rain | On-Yomi: ウ | Kun-Yomi: あめ あま- -さめ |
Bushu (Radical) Info: 雨 (あめ) – rain
Henshall Mnemonic: rain from heavenly clouds
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #950 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #950 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
JLPT N3 Words
- 梅雨 [つゆ]
(n) rainy season; rain during the rainy season [K] [D] [Jisho] - 梅雨 [ばいう]
(n) rainy season; rain during the rainy season [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 豪雨 [ごうう]
(n) heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour [K] [D] [Jisho] - 大雨 [おおあめ]
(n) heavy rain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 雨量 [うりょう]
(n) rainfall [K] [D] [Jisho] - 雨漏り [あまもり]
(n) roof leak [K] [D] [Jisho] - 霧雨 [きりさめ]
(n) drizzle; light rain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 暴風雨 [ぼうふうう]
(n) storm [K] [D] [Jisho] - 集中豪雨 [しゅうちゅうごうう]
local downpour; severe rain fall [K] [D] [Jisho] - 俄雨 [にわかあめ]
(n) rain shower [K] [D] [Jisho] - 長雨 [ながあめ]
(n) long spell of rain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 時雨 [しぐれ]
(n) drizzle; shower in late autumn or early winter [K] [D] [Jisho] - 小雨 [こさめ]
(n) light rain; drizzle [K] [D] [Jisho] - 梅雨入り [つゆいり]
(n) beginning of the rainy season [K] [D] [Jisho] - 梅雨明け [つゆあけ]
(n) the end of the rainy season [K] [D] [Jisho] - 雷雨 [らいう]
(n) thunderstorm [K] [D] [Jisho] - 降雨 [こうう]
(n) rainfall; rain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 風雨 [ふうう]
(n) wind and rain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 雨雲 [あまぐも]
(n) rain cloud [K] [D] [Jisho] - 雨期 [うき]
(n) rainy season [K] [D] [Jisho] - 雨季 [うき]
(n) rainy season [K] [D] [Jisho] - 雨降り [あめふり]
(n) in the rain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 雨宿り [あまやどり]
(n,vs) taking shelter from rain [K] [D] [Jisho] - 雨垂れ [あまだれ]
(n) raindrops [K] [D] [Jisho] - 雨水 [あまみず]
(n) rain water [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.