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Chinese symbol for “rainstorm”

暴风雨
bào fēng yǔ
Traditional: 暴風雨
rainstorm; storm; tempest

The closest CC-CEDICT match for rainstorm is 暴风雨 (bào fēng yǔ), defined as: rainstorm; storm; tempest.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

暴 bào
violent, brutal, tyrannical
radical 72 ⽇ · 15 strokes
风 fēng
wind; air; customs, manners; news
radical 182 ⾵ · 4 strokes
雨 yǔ
rain
radical 173 ⾬ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “rainstorm”

WordPinyinMeaning
暴雨bào yǔtorrential rain; rainstorm
涷dōngrainstorm

Related words

Other words that share a character with 暴风雨.

WordPinyinMeaning
暴力bào lìviolence; force
风暴 (風暴)fēng bàostorm; violent commotion
暴露bào lùto expose; to reveal
暴动 (暴動)bào dònginsurrection; rebellion
强暴 (強暴)qiáng bàoviolent; to rape
暴雨bào yǔtorrential rain; rainstorm
风险 (風險)fēng xiǎnrisk; hazard
风格 (風格)fēng géstyle
下雨xià yǔto rain

See also: Japanese symbol for “rainstorm”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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