暴雨 (bào yǔ)

Character breakdown

• 暴 (Bào) · 15 strokes

  Depicts two hands (共) laying out rice (米) to dry under the sun (日), representing the meaning "expose to sun", now written as 曝. The meaning later shifted to "expose", "injure", and "violent".

• 雨 (yǔ) · 8 strokes

  Pictograph of rain falling from a cloud.