This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ウ、あめ、あま-、-さめ
Romaji: u, ame, ama-, -same
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Romaji

Meaning

rain

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  8
Radical Number:  173
Frequency:  950
Grade:  1
Skip Pattern:  4-8-1
Korean Reading:  u
Chinese Reading:  yu4
Unicode:  96e8
JIS:  312B

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3561
Nelson Index: 5042
New Nelson Index: 6518
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 8d0.1
Four Corner Index: 1022.7
Guide to Remembering Index: 3
Gakken Index: 655
Japanese Names Index: 759
Daikanwanjiten Index: 42210
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 12.0001
Remembering the kanji Index: 422
Busy People Index: 2.15
Kanji Flashcards Index: 97
Kodansha Compact Index: 1858
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 69
Kanji in Context Index: 232
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2218
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2983
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 429
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 451
Essential Kanji Index: 114
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4378
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3153
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 42
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 76

Words

(あめ)
rain
大雨 (おおあめ)
heavy rain
雨天 (うてん)
rainy weather
雨上がり (あめあがり、あまあがり)
after the rain
雨林 (うりん)
rain forest
豪雨 (ごうう)
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
時雨 (しぐれ、じう)
drizzle; shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
降雨 (こうう)
rainfall; rain
梅雨 (つゆ、ばいう)
rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
雨量 (うりょう)
rainfall
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