Xu Collection, Middle Volume Radical: Rain (yǔ) Character: Shu Kangxi stroke count: 16 Page 1376, Entry 01 Pronounced zhu In the Comprehensive Dictionary of Characters (Yupian), it refers to a downpour. In the Broad Rhymes (Guangyun), it refers to heavy rain. According to the Collected Rhymes (Jiyun), this is a variant form of the character meaning timely rain, which nourishes the growth of all things.