Zi:雨

雨 [yǔ] rain; 雨​水 rainwater; ​暴​风雨 bàofēngyǔ rainstorm; (radical 173, 雨​部) [yù] ​降雨; ​自​上​而​下, ​像雨​一​樣​地​降​落; …

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):

►jyu5 ​雨 b.f./char. ►baak6 zong6 jyu5 ? ►baak6 zong6 jyu5 白撞雨 ►coeng4 meng6 jyu5 長命雨 ►gaau2 fung1 gaau2 jyu5 攪風攪雨

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►²yǔ ​雨 {A} n. rain
►⁴²yù ​雨 v. 〈environment:〉 wr. ①rain/fall (down on; of precipitation, rain/sleet/snow/etc.) ►xiàyǔyùrén 夏雨雨人 ②rain/fall (down on, like rain; of gunfire/projectiles/missiles/etc.) ③wet/moisten ④water/irrigate

The Shuōwén Seal form of 雨(​􁿏) yǔ ‘rain’ combines a horizontal line ​一 above signifying ​天 ‘sky/heaven above’, with ​𠘨(​􁒧) mì cover (depicting a layer of cloud cover), and ​水(​􁶢) shuǐ ‘water’ for the rain drops streaming down (cf. ☵, ​㲾); the old form ​𠕲(​􁿐) has some twelve drops streaming down.
    Compare: ​云(​􂀉​􂀊​𡆳), ​雲(​􂀈) yún ‘clouds’; ​雷/​靁(​􁿑​􁿒​𩇓​􁿔​𤴐) léi ‘thunder’.
    Note: As a component at the top of characters 雨 is wr. ​⻗ (as in ​雲, ​雪, ​零, ​需,…).
    雨 is the 173rd of the 214 radicals.
    Compare: ​两(​􁒸​兩) liǎng ‘two’; ​巾(​􁓭) jīn ‘handkerchief/cloth/towel’, ​㡀(​􁕆) bì ‘rags’ (​敝).
    HDZ: 雨 : yǔ : ​从​云​层​中​降​向​地​面​的​水​滴 (​空​气​中​的​水​蒸​气​上​到​天​空​中​遇​冷​凝​成​云, ​再​遇​冷​聚​集​成​水​点, ​降​下​来​就​是雨); ​朋​友; (​喻) ​离​散; (​喻) ​教​泽 • yù : ​降雨; ​自​上​而​下, ​像雨​一​樣​地​降​落; ​密​集​地​射​击​或​投​掷; ​润​泽; ​灌​溉
►references: Guǎngyùn:260.02,366.06; Wieger:125b; Henshall:3; Karlgren:AD1324,GSR100a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.4057.1; Lindqvist:168; Mathews:7662; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1371.18; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:074.1.03; Wáng(1993):35; EDOC:1
►components: ​一​巾​
►Cantonese: yuh/
Shuōwén: ​􁿏(雨)
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Unicode: U+96E8
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