Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 雲
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雲 |
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Meaning |
cloud |
Pronunciation |
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kumo |
Explanation |
Top: rain 雨 (view out of a window 冂 with a cloud 一 that is raining =,=), bottom: fog 云 |
Mnemonic
| Both rain and fog come out of clouds. |
Radicals
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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
| 雲 |
くも |
cloud | | 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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