縺れ雲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
縺	雲
もつ Hyōgaiji	くも > ぐも Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

縺(もつ)れ (motsure, “tangle”) + 雲(くも) (kumo, “cloud”). The くも reading for 雲 changes to ぐも as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo̞t͡sɨᵝɾe̞ɡɯ̟ᵝmo̞]

Noun

縺(もつ)れ雲(ぐも) • (motsuregumo) 

1. cirrus intortus cloud