Ancient carved pictogram that became 雨

THE RADICAL SHED

The rain radical

Radical · weather from the sky

雨

Drops falling from a cloud. Rain, snow, thunder, fog.

14 characters carry it

Tap a character to open its word family. The shared part is doing the same job in every one.

零B1
零língzero零下líng xiàbelow zero零花钱línghuāqiánpocket money; allowance零钱língqiánsmall change
雨B1
下雨xià yǔto rain雨yǔrain雨衣yǔyīraincoat暴雨bàoyǔtorrential rain
雪B1
雪xuěsnow雪糕xuěgāoice cream bar滑雪huáxuěto ski冰天雪地bīngtiān-xuědìa world of ice and snow
需B3
需要xūyàoto need; needs必需bìxūto need急需jíxūto urgently need需xūto require
震B5
地震dìzhènearthquake震zhènto shake震荡zhèndàngto shake; to vibrate; to fluctuate震动zhèndòngto shake
雾B5
雾wùfog
露B6
暴露bàolùto expose露lòuto show露lùto reveal透露tòulùto reveal; to divulge; to leak (news)
雷B6
打雷dǎléito rumble with thunder雷léithunder雷达léidáradar雷同léitóngidentical; duplicating others
霸B7
霸道bàdàodomineering; overbearing霸占bàzhànto occupy by force
霜B7
霜shuāngfrost雪上加霜xuěshàng-jiāshuāngto make matters worse; to add insult to in
霞B7
晚霞wǎnxiásunset glow
雹B7
冰雹bīngbáohail
霉B7
倒霉dǎoméiunlucky; out of luck
霍B7
挥霍huīhuòto squander; to spend extravagantly
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