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Kanji Grade 1 - 雨

Kanji character Grade 1 雨. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 1 - 雨
 
About
rain
Kun: あめ、 あま-、 -さめ
On: ウ
8 strokes
Radical: rain 雨
Parts: 雨
 
Onyomi
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
 
Kunyomi
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
黒い雨 【くろいあめ】 heavily polluted, radioactive rain sometimes following an atmospheric nuclear explosion (esp. that of Hiroshima)