Japanese symbol for “precipitation”
降水
こうすい
Romaji: kousui
rainfall; precipitation
In Japanese, precipitation is 降水, read こうすい (kousui).
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.
Meanings
- n rainfall; precipitation
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “precipitation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 沈殿 | ちんでん chinden | precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment) |
| 沈降 | ちんこう chinkou | sedimentation (e.g. of red blood cells); precipitation; settling |
| 析出 | せきしゅつ sekishutsu | separation; deposition; precipitation |
| 降水量 | こうすいりょう kousuiryou | amount of precipitation; precipitation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 以降 | いこう ikou | on and after; from ... onward; since |
| 降りる | おりる oriru | to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down |
| 降伏 | こうふく koufuku | surrender; capitulation; submission |
| 降る | ふる furu | to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down |
| 下降 | かこう kakou | descent; fall; drop |
| 降下 | こうか kouka | descent; fall; drop |
| 水着 | みずぎ mizugi | bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers |
| 水準 | すいじゅん suijun | level; standard |
See also: Chinese symbol for “precipitation”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.