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泷

瀧
lóng
#4,945 most
frequent character
rapids, waterfall, torrential (rain)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

泷 has 氵 water as the meaning part and 龙 lóng for sound. It first meant fine drizzle or mist, then grew to torrential rain. Read shuāng, it is a river name, borrowed for its sound.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

泷Shuang1
Shuang river in Hunan and Guangdong (modern Wu river 武水)

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Homophones

HSK 5
龙lóng
dragon
聋lóng
deaf
笼lóng
enclosing frame made of bamboo, wire etc
隆lóng
grand, intense, prosperous, to swell