雲

Etymology 1Edit

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 雨 (“rain”) + phonetic 云, created to separate the sense of "cloud" (the original meaning of 云) from a later sense of "speak" or "say" that was added to the character owing to a similarity of sound

Han characterEdit

雲 (radical 173 雨+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一戈 (MBMMI), four-corner 1073₁, composition ⿱⻗云)

1. cloud, clouds

Derived termsEdit

• 蕓, 𩃬, 曇, 澐

ReferencesEdit

• KangXi: page 1372, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42235
• Dae Jaweon: page 1879, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4058, character 9
• Unihan data for U+96F2

Etymology 2Edit

A contraction of 雲南 ("Yunnan"), itself a contraction of 雲岭南 ("land south of the Yunling Mountains").

Han characterEdit

雲 (radical 173 雨+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 一月一一戈 (MBMMI), four-corner 1073₁, composition ⿱⻗云)

1. (abbreviation) Yunnan province in China

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

雲 (traditional, Pinyin yún, simplified 云)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) cloud
2. (abbreviation) Yunnan province in China

CompoundsEdit

• 多雲 (duōyún)

ReferencesEdit

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

NounEdit

雲 (hiragana くも, romaji kumo)

1. cloud

Derived termsEdit

• 雲合い (くもあい, kumoai); look of the sky
• 雲脚 (うんきゃく/くもあし, unkyaku, kumoashi); cloud movements; overhanging clouds
• 雲足 (くもあし, kumoashi); movement of clouds
• 雲居, (written as ateji: 雲井) (くもい, kumoi); cloud, distant place, high place
• 雲霞 (うんか/くもかすみ, unka/kumokasumi); clouds and haze
• 雲隠れ (くもがくれ, kumogakure); disappearance
• 雲形 (くもがた/うんけい, kumogata/unkei); cloud formations; cloud-shaped
• 雲形定規 (くもがたじょうぎ, kumogatajōgi); French curve
• 雲助 (くもすけ, kumosuke); palanquin bearer
• 雲助根性 (くもすけこんじょう, kumosukekonjō); predatory nature; rapacious disposition
• 雲突く (くもつく, kumotsuku); to tower
• 雲の上 (くものうえ, kumo no ue); above the clouds; the Imperial Court
• 雲間 (くもま, kumoma); rift between clouds
• 雲間に現れた月 (くもまにあらわれたつき, kumoma ni arawareta tsuki); moon peeping from behind the clouds
• 雲行き (くもゆき, kumoyuki); weather; look of the sky; situation
• 雲行きが怪しい (くもゆきがあやしい, kumoyuki ga ayashii); the clouds look menacing; things don't look good
• 曇らす (くもらす, kumorasu); to encloud; to make dim or dull
• 曇らせる (くもらせる, kumoraseru); to cloud; to make dim or dull;
• 曇り (also 曇) (くもり, kumori); cloudiness; cloudy weather; shadow
• 曇りがち (くもりがち, kumorigachi); broken cloud; mainly cloudy
• 曇り勝ち (くもりがち, kumorigachi); mostly cloudy
• 曇りガラス (くもりガラス, kumori garasu); frosted glass
• 曇り声 (くもりごえ, kumorigoe); depressed voice
• 曇り空 (くもりぞら, kumorizora); cloudy sky
• 曇度 (くもりど, kumorido); opacity
• 曇る (くもる, kumoru); to become cloudy; to become dim

KanjiEdit

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. cloud

ReadingsEdit

• On: うん (un)
• Kun: くも (kumo)

CompoundsEdit

• 雲脂 (ふけ, fuke)

HanjaEdit

雲 (un) (hangeul 운, revised un, McCune-Reischauer un, Yale wun)

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NounEdit

雲 (kwa3)

1. cloud

KanjiEdit

雲 (hiragana くむ, romaji kumu)

NounEdit

雲 (hiragana くむ, romaji kumu)

1. cloud

Han characterEdit

雲 (vân, nguyên)

1. Cloud

KanjiEdit

雲 (hiragana んむ, romaji nmu, mmu)

NounEdit

雲 (hiragana んむ, romaji nmu, mmu)

1. cloud