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曇
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昙
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become cloudy

HSK 10 N2
Nature →Weather
tán
ドン
くも.る
담
The sun 日 hidden behind a cloud 雲
Components
Traditional (曇)
日 day+ 雲 cloud =
曇 become cloudy
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
雲 Meaning component
cloud
Simplified (昙)
日 day+ 云 utter =
昙 become cloudy
日 Meaning component
rì day
sun
云 Meaning component
yún utter
(classical) to say
Notes
Similar Characters
妟 safe旦 dawn昃 afternoon昌 prosperous昔 times past昜 out晕 halo (simp)晶 sparkling暈 dizzy (trad)暴 violent朝 dynasty眾 multitude (trad)莫 nobody衆 crowd (trad/jp)間 interval/room (trad/jp)间 space (simp)习 flapping (simp)尞 burnt offering早 early旬 decameron
Historical Evolution
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
曇
Regular
Modern
Chinese
昙 / 曇 [tán]
dark clouds
Japanese
曇り 、 曇 くもり 同音

noun

  1. cloudiness; cloudy weather
  2. fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); blur; mist; shadow; dimness
  3. gloom; dejection
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
昨日、東京は曇りでしたか。
Was it cloudy in Tokyo yesterday?
Japanese Names
曇 くもり
Kumori surname
CHINESE WORDS (3)
昙花一现 [tán​huā​yī​xiàn] #33,845
lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once
昙花 [tán​huā] #38,534
Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum)
瞿昙 [Qú​tán]
Gautama, surname of the Siddhartha, the historical Buddha
JAPANESE WORDS (29)
⭐ 曇る [くもる] #4,469
to get cloudy
⭐ 曇り [くもり] #11,187
cloudiness
顔を曇らす [かおをくもらす] #21,612
to darken one's face
曇り空 [くもりぞら] #24,973
cloudy sky
曇天 [どんてん] #26,241
cloudy sky
曇りガラス [くもりガラス] #51,229
frosted glass
薄曇り [うすぐもり] #53,070
slightly cloudy
眉を曇らす [まゆをくもらす] #59,839
to knit one's brows
曇らす [くもらす] #72,711
to encloud
かき曇る [かきくもる] #96,100
to become overcast
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