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 + ㇆ : Kind of looks like a map. Zeus found a secret map that tells the location of a golden dinosaur bone in front of the engine, so he took a plough and digged 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.

雪

xuě = xu + e3

surname Xue

雪 = 彐 + 雨 : Xu Xian (xu) got into very bad weather in the elevator (e3). It has been snowing (雪) a lot, so everything is covered in snow. But now it is raining (雨)! Xu Xian uses a pig snout (彐) above his head to protect himself from the rain while he carefully moves on the slippery ground.

雪

xuě = xu + e3

snow / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

需

xu̅ = xu + Ø1

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

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.

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

雷

léi = l + ei2

thunder / (bound form) (military) mine, as in 地雷[di4 lei2] land mine / (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound / (Tw) (coll.) spoiler / (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb)

雷

léi = l + ei2

surname Lei

雷 = 田 + 雨 : Sir Lancelot (l) has to clear a mine (雷) field (田) in the Eiffel Tower's kitchen (ei2) in the rain (雨). It is raining so hard, when Lancelot hears the thunder (雷) he doesn't know if it's the weather or a mine he triggered.

雷

léi = l + ei2

thunder / mine (weapon) / (Internet slang) terrifying / terrific

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.

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.