How to write 雩

雩 [yú] 1. In ancient times, a type of sacrificial ceremony held to pray for rain. 雩祭。雩禳（bringing rain to eliminate disasters）。 2. The original meaning: A sacrificial ritual performed in ancient times to seek rain. 造字法: A phono-semantic compound, formed from the character for "rain" and the phonetic component "亏" (yú). 引: 1. From "Shuowen Jiezi": 雩, a summer sacrifice to the Red Emperor, to pray for beneficial rain. 2. From "Zhouli·Siwu": The official leading the shamans dances the 雩. 3. From "Gongyang Zhuan·Huan Gong Five Years": What is 大雩? It is a drought sacrifice. Note: "Let eight boys and girls dance and call for rain, hence it is called 雩." 4. From "Xunzi·Tian Lun": 雩 and rain, what is it? The answer is, there is nothing special, just like not performing 雩 and still having rain. 例: 如: 雩宗 (set up a sacrificial altar for water and drought); 雩祭 (sacrificial ceremony to pray for rain); 雩敛 (to collect fees needed for rain sacrificial rituals from the people); 雩坛 (the altar for rain prayers). 名: 1. Another name for a rainbow. From "Erya·Shitian": "䗖蝀 is called 雩. 䗖蝀 means rainbow."