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Yushui | |||||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
Chinese | 雨水 | ||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | rain water | ||||||||||||||
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Vietnamese name | |||||||||||||||
Vietnamese alphabet | vũ thủy | ||||||||||||||
Chữ Hán | 雨水 | ||||||||||||||
Korean name | |||||||||||||||
Hangul | 우수 | ||||||||||||||
Hanja | 雨水 | ||||||||||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||||||||||
Kanji | 雨水 | ||||||||||||||
Hiragana | うすい | ||||||||||||||
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Term | Longitude | Dates |
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Lichun | 315° | 4–5 February |
Yushui | 330° | 18–19 February |
Jingzhe | 345° | 5–6 March |
Chunfen | 0° | 20–21 March |
Qingming | 15° | 4–5 April |
Guyu | 30° | 20–21 April |
Lixia | 45° | 5–6 May |
Xiaoman | 60° | 21–22 May |
Mangzhong | 75° | 5–6 June |
Xiazhi | 90° | 21–22 June |
Xiaoshu | 105° | 7–8 July |
Dashu | 120° | 22–23 July |
Liqiu | 135° | 7–8 August |
Chushu | 150° | 23–24 August |
Bailu | 165° | 7–8 September |
Qiufen | 180° | 23–24 September |
Hanlu | 195° | 8–9 October |
Shuangjiang | 210° | 23–24 October |
Lidong | 225° | 7–8 November |
Xiaoxue | 240° | 22–23 November |
Daxue | 255° | 7–8 December |
Dongzhi | 270° | 21–22 December |
Xiaohan | 285° | 5–6 January |
Dahan | 300° | 20–21 January |
The traditional chinese calendar divides a year into 24 solar terms.[1]
Yǔshuǐ / 雨水, Usui, Usu, or Vũ thủy, literally meaning rain water, is the second solar term.
It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 330° and ends when it reaches the longitude of 345°. It more often refers in particular to the day when the Sun is exactly at the celestial longitude of 330°.
In the gregorian calendar, it usually begins around 18 February (19 February of / in east Asia time) and ends around 5 March.