Onyomi: ウン · Kunyomi: -ぐも, くも · Meanings: cloud
Kanji for cloud
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雲 is an ancient pictograph. It originally showed vapor rising and gathering in the sky. The shape represents moisture and air coming together above the ground. When water vapor gathers high in the sky, it forms clouds. From this natural image, 雲 came to mean cloud.
雲 is water vapor gathering in the sky to form clouds.
Imagine mist and moisture rising upward and slowly gathering together in the sky. That floating shape above you is 雲, a cloud.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 雲 | くも | cloud | common JLPT-N4 Noun |
| 雲行き | くもゆき | weather, look of the sky | common Noun |
| 雲の上 | くものうえ | above the clouds, heaven | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun |
| 雲泥の差 | うんでいのさ | wide difference, a world of difference | Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun |
| 雲散霧消 | うんさんむしょう | vanishing like mist | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 雲間 | くもま | rift between clouds | Noun |
| 雲隠れ | くもがくれ | vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon) | Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb |
| 雲母 | うんも | mica, isinglass | Noun |
| 雲雀 | ひばり | skylark (Alauda arvensis) | common Noun |
| 雲海 | うんかい | sea of clouds | Noun |