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

Speed

Stroke order

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
Radical:
water 水 (氵, 氺)
Parts:
drip, drop
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
2019 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 滴 【テキ】 counter for drops of liquid
  • 滴下 【テキカ】 drip, drop, distill
  • 雨滴 【ウテキ】 raindrop
  • 数滴 【スウテキ】 several drops

Kun reading compounds

  • 滴 【しずく】 drop (e.g. of water), drip
  • 滴る 【したたる】 to drip, to drop, to trickle, to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di1
Korean:
jeog

Spanish

  • gota
  • goteo
  • contador para gotas
  • gotear

Portuguese

  • gota
  • gotejar

French

  • goutte
1626 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1750 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2674 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1381 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
706 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1446 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1539 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1504 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1244 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
866 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
499 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
640 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
449 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
18084 Morohashi
705 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3299 New Nelson (John Haig)
442 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
474 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1713 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
349 2001 Kanji
3a11.14 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-11 SKIP code
3012.7 Four corner code
1-37-09 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6ef4 Unicode hex code