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曇

cloudy weather
Stroke count: 16

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JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. cloudy weatherRtK
    曇り時々雨でした。It was cloudy, with occasional rain.tatoeba
    曇っています。It's cloudy.tatoeba
  2. cloud up
    曇ってきたようだね。I think it's clouding up.tatoeba
  1. to get cloudy
  2. to cloud over
  3. to become overcast
  4. to cloud up
  5. to fog up

Popular Usage

曇り曇る

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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sun (日) · day (日) · cloud · rain (雨) · weather · rising cloud · two (二) · elbow · wall

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 453

Compound words

曇るくもる
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast; to cloud up; to fog up
曇りくもり
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); blur
花曇はなぐもり
hazy weather in spring
悉曇しったん
Siddham (characters)
晴曇せいどん
fine weather and cloudy weather
曇天どんてん
cloudy sky
花曇りはなぐもり
hazy weather in spring
悉曇学しったんがく
Siddham studies
曇勝ちくもりがち
mainly cloudy
鰊曇りにしんぐもり
cloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herrings season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)
曇りがちくもりがち
mainly cloudy
曇り勝ちくもりがち
mainly cloudy
曇り硝子くもりガラス
frosted glass
曇りガラスくもりガラス
frosted glass

Additional Examples

曇ってきた。くもる
It's getting cloudy.tatoeba
曇りの日です。
It's a cloudy day.tatoeba

Stroke Order

16 strokes

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