Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 曇
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曇 |
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Meaning |
to cloud, dim, mar, fog |
Pronunciation |
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kumoru |
Explanation |
Top: sun 日, below: cloud 雲 (=rain 雨 & fog 云) |
Mnemonic
| If the sun is above the clouds, it is cloudy. |
Radicals
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日
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day, sun | (The radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.) |
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雨
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rain | (View out of a window into the rain =,=. The upper line is a rain cloud.) |
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云
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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.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 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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