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雨 yǔ — “rain”
How to write and say the Chinese character 雨 (yǔ), which means rain — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Nature & weather.
Pinyin · 拼音 yǔ
Meaning · 意思 rain
Strokes · 笔画 8
Radical · 部首 雨 (rain)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
雨 is written with 8 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
A little picture: rain drops falling from a cloud 帀.
A common word常用词
下雨
to rain
Example sentence例句
下雨了，带上伞。
It's raining — take an umbrella.
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