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雲

cloud
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingウン
Kun readingくも、-ぐも
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 2

Meanings

  1. cloudRtK

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

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); Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica)
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
闇雲やみくも
reckless
鰯雲いわしぐも
cirrocumulus cloud
雲影うんえい
cloud shape
雲霞うんか
clouds and haze
雲海うんかい
sea of clouds
雲間くもま
rift between clouds
雲形うんけい
cloud formation
雲高うんこう
height of clouds
雲助くもすけ
ruffian palanquin bearer (Edo period)
雲壌うんじょう
clouds and earth
雲台うんだい
(camera) platform
雲泥うんでい
great difference
雲呑ワンタン
wonton (Chinese dumpling)
雲霧うんむ
clouds and fog
雲量うんりょう
degree of cloudiness
雲鑼うんら
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

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 雲

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