“Cloud” in Japanese kanji, and the Stroke Order and Meanings of Kanji “雲” and the related words
Japanese Jouyou-kanji “雲” means “Cloud”.
Jouyou Kanji “雲”
Jouyou Kanji “雲” Stroke Order
| Stroke # | 12 Strokes |
|---|---|
| On-Yomi | うん(un) |
| Kun-Yomi | くも(kumo) |
| そら(sora) | |
| Meanings | Cloud |
| (Far, Many, High, Excelent etc) |
Kanji words which contain Kanji “雲”, and their meanings
| Words | Meanings |
|---|---|
| 雲丹(うに-u ni) | Sea urchin |
| 雲影(うんえい-u n e i) | Cloud, Cloud shape |
| 雲煙(うんえん-u n e n) | Clouds and smoke, Haze |
| 雲煙過眼 or 雲烟過眼(うんえんかがん-i n e n ka ga n) | Not being obsessed with something very long (just as clouds and haze pass swiftly before one’s eyes), Indifferent glance, Passing glance |
| 雲霞(うんか-u n ka) | ① Clouds and haze, ② Swarm (of people), Throng |
| 雲霞の如く(うんかのごとく-u n ka no go to ku) | In swarms, In throngs, In droves, In hordes |
| 雲海(うんかい-u n ka i) | Sea of clouds |
| 雲客(うんかく-u n ka ku) | Courtier, Court official |
| 雲漢(うんかん-u n ka n) | ① Milky way, ② Sky |
| 雲気(うんき-u n ki) | ① Cloud, Look of the sky, Movement of clouds, ② Kabuki accessory representing a cloud, ③ Type of strange mist appearing in the sky |
| 雲級(うんきゅう-u n kyu u) | Classification of clouds |
| 雲際(うんさい-u n sa i) | Far away sky, Far away |
| 雲散霧消(うんさんむしょう-u n sa n mu sho u) | Vanishing like mist |
| 雲集霧散(うんしゅうむさん-u n shu u mu sa n) | Gathering like clouds and vanishing like mist, Swarming and scattering |
| 雲上(うんじょう-u n jo u) | ① Above the clouds, ② Imperial court |
| 雲上人(うんじょうびと-u n jo u bi to) | Nobility, Aristocracy |
| 雲壌(うんじょう-u n jo u) | ① Clouds and earth, ② Great difference |
| 雲水(うんすい-u n su i) | ① Itinerant priest, Wandering monk, Mendicant, ② Clouds and water |
| 雲泥(うんでい-u n de i) | ① Great difference, ② Cloud and mud |
| 雲表(うんぴょう-u n pyo u) | Above the clouds |
| 雲霧(うんむ-u n mu) | Clouds and fog, Cloudy fog |
| 雲母(うんも or うんぼ-u n mo (or) u n bo) | Mica, Isinglass |
| 雲量(うんりょう-u n ryo u) | Degree of cloudiness, Cloud amount |
| 雲合い(くもあい-ku mo a i) | Look of the sky |
| 雲脚(くもあし-ku mo a shi) | ① Cloud movements, ② Overhanging clouds |
| 雲居 or 雲井(くもい-ku mo i) | ① Sky, ② Distant place, High place, ③ Imperial court |
| 雲隠れ(くもがくれ-ku mo ga ku re) | ① Vanishing behind the clouds (e.g. of the moon), ② Vanishing, Suddenly disappearing, Going into hiding |
| 雲形(くもがた-ku mo ga ta) | Type of cloud, Cloud form, Cloud-shaped |
| 雲形定規(くもがたじょうぎ-ku mo ga ta jo u gi) | French curve, Curved rulers |
| 雲路(くもじ-ku mo ji) | A road in the sky where birds fly through |
| 雲助(くもすけ-ku mo su ke) | Ruffian palanquin bearer (Edo period), Thug, Ruffian, Scoundrel, Exploiter |
| 雲助根性(くもすけこんじょう-ku mo su ke ko n jo u) | Predatory nature, Rapacious disposition |
| 雲の峰(くものみね-ku mo no mi ne) | Gigantic column of clouds, Clouds that stand like a mountain peak during the summer |
| 雲間(くもま-ku mo ma) | Rift between clouds, Break between clouds |
| 雲行き(くもゆき-ku mo yu ki) | ① Weather, Look of the sky, ② Situation, Turn of affairs, Signs, Way the wind is blowing |
| 雲雀(ひばり-hi ba ri) | Japanese skylark |
| 鰯雲(いわしぐも-i wa shi gu mo) | Cirrocumulus |
| 浮雲(うきぐも-u ki gu mo) | ① Drifting cloud, Floating cloud, ② Instability |
| 黒雲(くろくも-ku ro ku mo) | Dark clouds |
| 巻雲(けんうん-ke n u n) | Cirrus cloud |
| 白雲(しらくも-shi ra ku mo) | White clouds, Fleecy cloud |
| 積雲(せきうん-se ki u n) | Cumulus cloud |
| 層雲(そううん-so u u n) | Stratus cloud |
| 乱雲(らんうん-ra n u n) | Nimbus cloud, Rain cloud |
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