雲 means “cloud”

くも · kumo

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

くも

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

ウン

Taught in grade 2 · 12 strokes

The story

Clouds drift past Fuji's peak. Ink wash painters capture their shapes in a single breath.

The rain radical and "say": clouds that speak through rain

Its parts

• 雨 Rain · Top
• 云 Say/cloud · Bottom

What says (云) rain is coming: clouds

Words with 雲

• 風雲 (ふううん, fuuun): wind and clouds
• 雲海 (うんかい, unkai): sea of clouds

Example sentences

• 空に白い雲があります。 There are white clouds in the sky.
• 雲の形が面白いです。 The shape of the clouds is interesting.

Kanji that look like 雲

• 雨 (rain): 雨 is the top part of 雲; clouds produce rain
• 雪 (snow): 雪 has ヨ under 雨, while 雲 has 云: different bottoms

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• 竹 bamboo
• 草 grass
• 池 pond
• 砂 sand
• 滴 raindrop
• 霜 frost
• 露 dew
• 氷 ice
• 流 stream

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.