What does the kanji 雨 mean?

The kanji 雨 (ame) means "rain". It is a JLPT N5 character.

"ame" is written with the kanji 雨, meaning "rain". Its readings are onyomi (Chinese-derived) う (u), kunyomi (native Japanese) あめ (ame), あま (ama). It is a JLPT N5 character.

How do you write the kanji 雨?

Write 雨 ("rain") by following the correct stroke order. Use the interactive, step-by-step stroke order animation on this page to practise each stroke in sequence and build muscle memory.

What are the readings of 雨?

雨 has these readings: onyomi (Chinese-derived) う (u), kunyomi (native Japanese) あめ (ame), あま (ama).

雨“rain” Kanjiame / u

JLPT N5

How to write 雨

雨 (rain) kanji stroke order diagram with numbered strokes

Meaning and readings

Meaning

rain

Onyomi (音読み)

う u

Chinese reading

Kunyomi (訓読み)

あめ ame
あま ama

Japanese reading

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Example sentences using 雨

Human-reviewed sentence pairs from the Tatoeba corpus, with readings shown above the kanji.

にわか雨あめにあったんだ。
I was caught in a shower.
にわか雨 (にわかあめ)
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今いまにも一雨ひとあめきそうだ。
It is threatening to rain.
一雨 (ひとあめ)
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午後ごごはどうやら雨あめになりそうだ。
It seems like it might rain this afternoon.
雨 (あめ)
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Read 雨 in a story

Short Japanese comics written so that every word in them is JLPT N5. One of them teaches this character — the match is on the words an episode teaches, not every character in its dialogue.