雲
雲 — Cloud
cloud
On’yomiウン (un)
Kun’yomiくも (kumo)
Kun’yomi-ぐも (gumo)
Stroke order (12 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 雲
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 雲 | くも kumo | cloud |
| 暗雲 | あんうん anun | dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications |
| 雲行き | くもゆき kumoyuki | weather; look of the sky; situation |
| 雲雀 | ひばり hibari | skylark (Alauda arvensis); Mongolian lark (Melanocorypha mongolica) |
| 青雲 | せいうん seiun | blue sky; erudition; detachment from the world |
| 星雲 | せいうん seiun | nebula; galaxy |
Study notes
雲 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 12 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #1256 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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