雨

yǔ = yu + Ø3

rain / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]

雨 = 下 + 丶 + 冂 : It is raining inside of the space station, and because of zero gravity, it is raining in every direction. Yu the Great can't just hide under a ladder covered with petal leaves, she also has to tug herself in a few maps.

雨

yù = yu + Ø4

(literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet

雨 character breakdown

雨
- 下
  - 一
  - 卜
    - 丨
    - 丶
- 丶
- 冂
  - 丨
  - ㇆
    - 一
    - 亅

下

xià = xi + a4

down / downwards / below / lower / later / next (week etc) / second (of two parts) / to decline / to go down / to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) / measure word to show the frequency of an action

下 = 一 + 卜 : Mnemonic symbol: from the up/down logic, and a little bit the shape of the character, a ladder.

Xi Shi (xi) is on a retreat in the ashram. Using a voodoo staff (卜), she divined that next (下) week she'll have to play the flute (一) sixteen hours per day. Because she hates playing the flute, she climbs over the ashram's bathroom (a4) wall using a ladder (下) to escape.

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

冂

jio̅ng = ju + (e)ng1

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 13), occurring in 用[yong4], 同[tong2], 網|网[wang3] etc, referred to as 同字框[tong2 zi4 kuang4]

冂 = 丨 + ㇆ : Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: kind of looks like a map.

Zeus (ju) found a secret map (冂) that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone (丨) in front of the engine ((e)ng1), so he took a plow (㇆) and dug up everything. He actually found a couple of dinosaur bones, but not a golden one.

Characters with 雨 as component

零

líng = li + (e)ng2

zero / nought / zero sign / fractional / fragmentary / odd (of numbers) / (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one) / fraction / (in mathematics) remainder (after division) / extra / to wither and fall / to wither

零 = 令 + 雨 : Just inside the engine's kitchen ((e)ng2) it is raining (雨) heavily. Li Qingzhao (li) wants to flee the rain and to enter engine, but she has no pocket money (零钱) anymore. Instead, she shows her very special name tag (令) in the hope of being let in, but unfortunately it is not recognized.

霞

xiá = xi + a2

rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset

霞 = 叚 + 雨 : Marie Curie (xi) arrived just inside the ashram's kitchen (a2) to escape the rain (雨) of fake eyes (叚) pouring out of the red clouds (霞) above her.

霍

huò = hu + o4

suddenly

霍 = 隹 + 雨 : The sparrow (隹) is riding on Helga Horse's (hu) back through observatory's bathroom (o4) when suddenly (霍) it starts to rain (雨). The sparrow gets very wet (look: 霍) before he escapes under Helga's belly.

霍

huò = hu + o4

surname Huo

需

xu̅ = xu + Ø1

to require / to need / to want / necessity / need

需 = 而 + 雨 : Mnemonic symbol: When it rains and you do not want to comb your hair again, you need a rain cape.

需 = 而 + 雨 : It is raining in front of the rain station. Because Xu Xian doesn't want to comb his hair again, he uses a rain cape to stay dry.

震

zhèn = zh + (e)n4

to shake / to vibrate / to jolt / to quake / excited / shocked / one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing thunder / ☳

震 = 辰 + 雨 : James II of England (zh) is taking part in a game show. His task is to carry a birthday cake (辰) to the other end of the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4) while it is raining (雨) heavily and an earthquake (震) is shaking (震) James II of England and the cake. James II of England has to take care to cancel out the vibrations caused by the earthquake or his cake will collapse.

霉

méi = m + ei2

mold / mildew / to become moldy

霉 = 每 + 雨 : Mahatma Gandhi (m) is working out every day (每) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2). Every time the sweat is raining (雨) off of his body and he never opens the window. Because of the humid air, a lot of mold (霉) has formed over time.

霉

黴

méi = m + ei2

variant of 霉[mei2]

屚

Character component without intrinsic meaning

漏

lòu = l + ou4

to leak / to divulge / to leave out by mistake / waterclock or hourglass (old)

漏 = 氵 + 尸 + 雨 : Sir Lancelot (l) accidentally leaked (漏) a ghost (尸) from a water bottle (氵) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). Promptly the ghosts starts to have it rain (雨) all over the place to annoy the people.

霸

bà = b + a4

hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master

霸 = 䩗 + 雨 : As it started to rain (雨) in the ashram's bathroom (a4) Beelzebub (b) covered the moon (䩗) with a cow's hide (䩗) so that it doesn't get wet, but soon a mean tyrant (霸) came by and stole the cow's hide.