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雲
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
云
🇨🇳

cloud

HSK 10 N2
Nature →Weather
yún
ウン
くも、-ぐも
운
Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 云 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (雲)
雨 rain+ 云 utter =
雲 cloud
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
云 Meaning component
yún utter
(classical) to say
View phonetic series →
Simplified (云)
上 above+ ◎ characterless component =
云 clouds
上 Meaning component
shàng above
top
◎ Iconic component
characterless component
Depicts a swirl of clouds.
Notes
Similar Characters
屚 to leak雷 thunder需 need电 electric (simp)雩 offer sacrifice for rain雪 snow雯 cloud patterns雳 crashing (simp)零 zero雹 hail電 electricity (trad/jp)雾 mist (simp)霁 to clear up after rain (simp)霂 fine霄 sky霅 thunder霆 a sudden peal of thunder震 quake霈 torrential rains霉 mildew (simp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
雲
Regular
Modern
Chinese
云 / 雲 [Yún]
surname Yun; abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yún​nán​Shěng]
云 / 雲 [yún]
cloud; CL:朵[duǒ]
Japanese
雲 くも 同音
noun cloud
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
雲がだんだん黒くなっています。
The clouds are getting darker.
Japanese Names
雲 うん
Un female given namesurname
雲 くも
Kumo surnamegiven name
CHINESE WORDS (190)
风云 [fēng​yún] #10,389
weather
云南 [Yún​nán] #3,449
Yunnan province in southwest China, bordering on Vietnam, Laos and Myanmar, abbr. 滇[diān] or 雲|云, capital Kunming 昆明
多云 [duō​yún] #4,774
cloudy (meteorology)
云霄 [Yún​xiāo] #13,065
Yunxiao county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhāng​zhōu], Fujian
乌云 [wū​yún] #13,789
black cloud
白云 [Bái​yún] #23,994
Baiyun district of Guiyang city 貴陽市|贵阳市[Guì​yáng​shì], Guizhou
浮云 [fú​yún] #41,658
floating clouds
云层 [yún​céng] #15,674
the clouds
烟消云散 [yān​xiāo​yún​sàn] #15,887
to vanish like smoke in thin air
云集 [yún​jí] #24,667
to gather (in a crowd)
180 more items
JAPANESE WORDS (200)
闇雲 [やみくも] #15,162
reckless
雲の上 [くものうえ] #20,080
above the clouds
⭐ 雨雲 [あまぐも] #20,847
rain cloud
⭐ 暗雲 [あんうん] #23,634
dark clouds
出雲 [いずも] #25,645
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
⭐ 雲行き [くもゆき] #26,162
weather
⭐ 雲泥の差 [うんでいのさ] #26,520
wide difference
雲ひとつない [くもひとつない] #28,182
cloudless (sky)
黒雲 [くろくも] #29,170
dark clouds
雲間 [くもま] #30,066
rift between clouds
190 more items
KOREAN WORDS (4)
성운
nebula
운무
cloud and fog
운집
gathering in crowds
풍운
winds and clouds