雲

Cloud

Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingウン

Kun readingくも

JLPT level: N2 Jōyō Grade 2Level 8

Meanings

cloudRtK

Homonyms

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Same reading (くも)

Radicals and components

Radical雨rain

Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 452

Compound words

雲海うんかい

sea of clouds

暗雲あんうん

dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications

雨雲あまぐも

rain cloud

風雲ふううん

winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs

雲雀ひばり

skylark (Alauda arvensis)

青雲せいうん

blue sky; erudition; detachment from the world; high rank

雲行きくもゆき

weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs

雲泥の差うんでいのさ

wide difference; a world of difference

ruffian palanquin bearer (Edo period)

wonton (Chinese dumpling)

yunluo (10 small gongs mounted in a wooden frame)

疑雲ぎうん

cloud of suspicion

Kun Reading Examples

アルフォンスが空を見上げたまま、速く流れる雲を見つめていた。くも

Alphonse looked at the racing clouds, his eyes turned to the sky.tatoeba

Additional Examples

白い雲が青空に浮かんでいる。

A white cloud is floating in the blue sky.tatoeba

白い雲が空を流れていた。

There were white clouds sailing in the sky.tatoeba

白い雲が空を走っているのが見えた。

I saw a white cloud sailing across the sky.tatoeba

白い雲が夏の青空に浮いている。

A white cloud is floating in the blue summer sky.tatoeba

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Cloud. 雨 (rain) + 云 (swirling vapour) — what rain comes from.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 雲

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step