雪
ゆき · yuki · JLPT N5 · noun
snow
❄️ 雪 = rain 雨 on top + a hand ヨ below: the rain you can sweep up by hand
The top part 雨 means rain; the bottom ヨ comes from an old form of a hand holding a broom. Snow is the rain that can be swept away. For the sound: yuki sounds like you-key — you need a key to scrape snow off the car lock.
雪 — rain 雨 + hand 彐 (originally broom 帚)
Originally an ideograph showing rain 雨 above a hand holding a broom, suggesting snow as 'rain that can be swept.' Over time the broom element simplified to 彐. The character has always meant snow, with later extended senses like 'to wipe away' (as in 雪恥, to wipe out shame).