Memory phrase for the character: 曇

曇

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Meaning

to cloud, dim, mar, fog

Pronunciation

DON
kumoru

Explanation

 Top: sun 日, bottom: cloud 雲 (= rain 雨 & fog 云)

Mnemonic
 
If the sun is above the clouds, it is cloudy.

Radicals

日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
雨 rainView out of a window 冂 into the rain =,=. The upper line is a rain cloud.
云 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 云. For "fog" itself the character: 霧 (MU, kiri) is used.




 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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