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雩
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offer sacrifice for rain

HSK 10
Nature →Weather
yú
ウ、ク、キョ、コ
あまごい
To sacrifice 亏 for rain 雨; 雨 also provides the pronunciation
Components
雨 rain+ 亏 deficit =
雩 offer sacrifice for rain
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
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亏 Meaning component
kuī deficit
lose, fail
Notes
Similar Characters
屚 to leak雷 thunder需 need电 electric (simp)雪 snow雯 cloud patterns雲 cloud (trad/jp)雳 crashing (simp)零 zero雹 hail電 electricity (trad/jp)雾 mist (simp)霁 to clear up after rain (simp)霂 fine霄 sky霅 thunder霆 a sudden peal of thunder震 quake霈 torrential rains霉 mildew (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Bronze
Late Warring States (~250 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
雩
Regular
Modern
Chinese
雩 [yú]
summer sacrifice for rain
Example Sentences