Memory phrase for the Kanji: 曇

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Top: sun 日, below: cloud 雲 (=rain 雨 & fog 云)

If the sun is above the clouds, it is cloudy.

日	day, sun	The radical nichi* stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.*
雨	rain	View out of a window 冂 into the rain =,=. The upper line is a rain cloud.
云	fog	云 has the meaning "fog" only in Chinese. This original meaning is still visible in: cloud 雲. In Japanese it has the meaning to say/speak. For "fog" itself the character: 霧 (MU, kiri) is used.

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曇り	くもり	cloudy weather
曇	くもり	cloudiness, cloudy weather, shadow
曇る	くもる	to become cloudy, to become dim

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