Glyph Origins

Radical ⾬ (173)

雨 (U+96E8)

{雨} *[C.w](r)aʔ “rain” / {雨} *[C.w](r)as “to rain”

Depiction of falling rain.

  • 季旭昇 2014 - 說文新證 [2nd ed.] (813-814)

雲 (U+96F2)

{雲} *[w]ə[r] “cloud”

RAIN + ♪ *[W]Ə[R].

  • 李學勤 (ed.) 2012 - 字源 (1027-1028)