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Chinese symbol for “shower”

阵雨
zhèn yǔ
Traditional: 陣雨
shower (rain)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for shower is 阵雨 (zhèn yǔ), defined as: shower (rain).

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

阵 zhèn
row, column; ranks, troop formation
radical 170 ⾩ · 6 strokes
雨 yǔ
rain
radical 173 ⾬ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “shower”

WordPinyinMeaning
瀑bàoshower (rain)
淋浴lín yùto take a shower; shower
簇射cù shèshower (radiation, particle, etc)
送礼会 (送禮會)sòng lǐ huìshower (for bride, baby etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 阵雨.

WordPinyinMeaning
一阵 (一陣)yī zhèna burst; a fit
阵营 (陣營)zhèn yínggroup of people; camp
阵地 (陣地)zhèn dì(military) position; front
阵容 (陣容)zhèn róngtroop arrangement; battle formation
一阵子 (一陣子)yī zhèn zia while; a spell
阵线 (陣線)zhèn xiàna front (militant group); line of battle
下雨xià yǔto rain
大雨dà yǔheavy rain; 场 (cháng)

See also: Japanese symbol for “shower”.

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.