雲

cloud

12 strokes. Taught in grade 2. Newspaper frequency rank 1256.

Readings

• くも (kun reading): 雲 (くも) cloud; 雨雲 (あまぐも) rain cloud
• ウン (on reading): 閑雲 (かんうん) gently floating clouds; 星雲 (せいうん) nebula
• ぐも (kun reading)
• Read as a whole word: 東雲 (しののめ) daybreak; 出雲 (いずも) Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture); 雲雀 (ひばり) skylark (Alauda arvensis)

Components

• 雨
• 云
• 一 radical one
• 二 radical two
• 厶 radical private
• 雨 radical rain

Kanji containing 雲

• 曇 cloudy weather
• 繧 a method of dyeing
• 靆 cloud cover
• 靉 clouds

Words using 雲

• 雲 (くも) cloud
• 雨雲 (あまぐも) rain cloud
• 叢雲 (むらくも) gathering clouds
• 雲間 (くもま) rift between clouds
• 雲行き (くもゆき) weather
• 閑雲 (かんうん) gently floating clouds
• 星雲 (せいうん) nebula
• 風雲 (ふううん) winds and clouds
• 積乱雲 (せきらんうん) cumulonimbus cloud
• 神護景雲 (じんごけいうん) Jingo-keiun era (767.8.16-770.10.1)
• 東雲 (しののめ) daybreak
• 出雲 (いずも) Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
• 雲雀 (ひばり) skylark (Alauda arvensis)
• 雲珠 (うず) crupper ornament
• 揚雲雀 (あげひばり) soaring skylark

254 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists