Jisho

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8 strokes
Radical:
rain
Parts:
rain
Kun:
あめあま--さめ
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
950 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 雨水 【アマミズ】 rain water, "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
  • 雨季 【ウキ】 rainy season
  • 集中豪雨 【シュウチュウゴウウ】 local downpour, severe rain fall
  • 時雨 【シグレ】 rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter, seasonable rain

Kun reading compounds

  • 雨 【あめ】 rain, rainy day, rainy weather, the November suit (in hanafuda)
  • 雨降り 【あめふり】 rainfall, rainy weather, rainy, wet
  • 五月雨 【さみだれ】 early-summer rain
  • 強い雨 【つよいあめ】 heavy rain (specifically 20-29 mm per hour in JMA use)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu3, yu4
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • lluvia

Portuguese

  • chuva

French

  • pluie
42 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
69 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
3 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
655 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
5042 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
114 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
97 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
759 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.15 Japanese for Busy People
30 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
30 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
232 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1858 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4378 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2218 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2983 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
429 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
42210 Morohashi
3561 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6518 New Nelson (John Haig)
422 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
451 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
76 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3153 2001 Kanji
8d0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-8-1 SKIP code
1022.7 Four corner code
1-17-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
96e8 Unicode hex code

14 strokes (also 15 and 13)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
shade, shadow, backing assistance
Kun:
かげ
On:
インオン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2166 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 大阪桐蔭 【オオサカトウイン】 Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School (abbr)
  • 緑陰 【リョクイン】 shade of trees

Kun reading compounds

  • 陰 【かげ】 shade, shadow, behind (something), other side, back, the background, behind the scenes, behind someone's back, gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.), darkness
  • 陰口 【かげぐち】 malicious gossip, backbiting, speaking ill behind someone's back
  • 物陰 【ものかげ】 place hidden from view, cover, shelter, hiding place
  • 小陰 【こかげ】 small hiding place, nook

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yin4, yin1
Korean:
eum

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1848 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4017 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1908 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2370 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2974 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2073 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31840X Morohashi
2517 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5151 New Nelson (John Haig)
2374 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2457 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k10.10 The Kanji Dictionary
2-4-11 SKIP code
2-4-10 SKIP code
2-3-11 SKIP code
2-3-10 SKIP code
4423.1 Four corner code
1-16-94 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
852d Unicode hex code