Sentence #481184 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
How 雨 is built
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雨yǔrain
雨 is a single shape of 8 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.
Memory aidDrawn from raindrops falling from the sky.
How to write 雨
雨 8 strokes
Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.
Stroke order chart for 雨 (yǔ). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.
雨 (yǔ) means “rain”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word.
Say it yǔ: yǔ with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 雨 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 阵 (zhèn) or 场 (cháng). For example, one rain is 一阵雨 (yí zhèn yǔ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 雨 from the suggestions. Typing yu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
雨 is an HSK 3.0 Level 1 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 1 word list. It is not on the older HSK 2.0 word lists.
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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.
雨yǔ3rd tone, dipping
