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U+96E8, 雨
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96E8

[U+96E7]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+96E9]
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U+2FAC, ⾬
KANGXI RADICAL RAIN

[U+2FAB]
Kangxi Radicals
[U+2FAD]
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U+2ED7, ⻗
CJK RADICAL RAIN

[U+2ED6]
CJK Radicals Supplement
[U+2ED8]
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Translingual

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Alternative forms

  • In mainland China, Japan, and Korea, the inner dots of the character are written as , which is the historical form found in the Kangxi dictionary.
  • In Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Vietnam, the inner dots of the character are written as and its mirror image .
  • When this character is used as an upper radical component, the form is different depending on the script used.
    • For Ming typeface (明體/明朝体):
      • In mainland China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, the radical component resembles (U+2ED7) with four horizontal lines which is also the historical form used in the Kangxi dictionary.
      • In Taiwan and Hong Kong, the radical component resembles the character itself (with and its mirror image) but the lower right hook of is omitted.
    • For regular script (楷書):
      • In mainland China and Japan, the radical component resembles the character itself (with ) but the lower right hook of is omitted.
      • In Taiwan and Hong Kong, the radical component resembles the character itself (with and its mirror image) but the lower right hook of is omitted.

Han character

(Kangxi radical 173, +0, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一中月卜 (MLBY), four-corner 10227, composition (GJK) or 𠕒(HTV))

  1. Kangxi radical #173, .

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1371, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42210
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1878, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4057, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+96E8

Further reading

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Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Pictogram (象形) – a cloud with drops of rain falling from it. The horizontal stroke at the top was added later. (Compare Egyptian 𓇲.)

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Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *k/r/s-wa.

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • hṳ̄ - vernacular;
  • ṳ̀ - literary.

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Definitions

  1. rain (Classifier: ; )
    Coordinate term: (xuě, snow)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, figurative) friend
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese, figurative) teaching; instruction
Synonyms
Coordinate terms
  • (basic weather words shared by most dialects): (yún, “cloud”), (, “fog, mist”), (fēng, “wind”), (, “rain”), (xuě, “snow”), (diàn, “lightning”), (léi, “thunder”), (hóng, “rainbow”)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: () (u)
  • Korean: 우(雨) (u)
  • Vietnamese: ()

Pronunciation 2



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Definitions

  1. (literary) to rain
  2. (literary, of rain, snow, tears, etc.) to fall (like rain)
  3. (literary) to moisten

Synonyms

Compounds

References

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Japanese

Korean

Miyako

Northern Amami Ōshima

Okinawan

Old Japanese

Vietnamese

Yonaguni

Yoron

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