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Japanese symbol for “rainfall”

Romaji: furi
rainfall; snowfall

In Japanese, rainfall is , read (furi).

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

  1. n rainfall; snowfall
  2. n alighting; descending

Kanji and stroke order

descend, precipitate, fall
on: コウ、ゴ
kun: お.りる、お.ろす、ふ.る、ふ.り
10 strokes · JLPT 2

Other Japanese words for “rainfall”

WordReadingMeaning
こうすい kousuirainfall; precipitation
こうう kouurainfall; rain
うりょう uryou(amount of) rainfall
あめふり amefurirainfall; rainy weather; rain
ひとあめ hitoameshower; rainfall

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

WordReadingMeaning
いこう ikouon and after; from ... onward; since
おりる oriruto descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down
こうふく koufukusurrender; capitulation; submission
ふる furuto fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down
かこう kakoudescent; fall; drop
こうか koukadescent; fall; drop

See also: Chinese symbol for “rainfall”.

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.

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