夜光雲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
夜	光	雲
や Grade: 2	こう Grade: 2	うん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 夜光 (yakō, “night light”) +‎ 雲 (un, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やこ​ーうん [yàkóꜜòùǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ko̞ːɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

夜(や)光(こう)雲(うん) • (yakōun) ^{←やくわううん (yakwauun)?}

1. noctilucent cloud