Memory phrase for the Kanji: 雲


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Meaning cloud

Pronunciation

UN
kumo

Explanation

Top: rain (view out of a window with a cloud that is raining =,=), bottom: fog

Mnemonic


 
Both rain and fog come out of clouds.

Radicals

rainView out of a window into the rain =,=. The upper line is a rain cloud.
fog has the meaning "fog" only in Chinese. This original meaning is still visible in: cloud . In Japanese it has the meaning to say/speak. For "fog" itself the character: 霧 (MU, kiri) is used.
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

 Vocabulary

 雲  くも  cloud
 黒雲  くろくも  dark (black) clouds
 雲海  うんかい  sea of clouds
 綿雲  わたぐも  fleecy clouds (esp. cumulus clouds)
 星雲  せいうん  Galaxie, Sternennebel
 浮雲  うきぐも  drifting, floating cloud


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