Hanja Analyzer
雲

雲 — un

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
구름 운
Romanization
un
English
clouds; Yunnan province
Mandarin
yún
Japanese on'yomi
ウン
Japanese kun'yomi
くも -ぐも
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#1,256 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
雨 (173, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
云(운)
Unicode
U+96F2

Parts that make up 雲

  • 雨 비 우 구름에서 떨어지는 빗방울비와 날씨
  • 云 이를 운sound 피어오르는 구름구름, 그리고 이르는 말. ‘운’ 계열의 소리

How 雲 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 雲 as a ideographic compound involving 雨, 云.

Korean example words with 雲

  • 흑운黑雲 Korean gloss: 검은 구름
  • 산운山雲 Korean gloss: 산에 낀 구름
  • 동운凍雲 Korean gloss: 겨울의 찬 구름
  • 수운愁雲 Korean gloss: 근심스러운 기색
  • 운산雲山 Korean gloss: 구름이 낀 먼 산
  • 운표雲表 Korean gloss: 구름의 밖이나 위
  • 한운閑雲 Korean gloss: 한가로이 떠도는 구름
  • 음운陰雲 Korean gloss: 하늘을 덮은 검은 구름
  • 고운孤雲 Korean gloss: 외로이 혼자 떠 있는 구름
  • 비운飛雲 Korean gloss: 바람에 불리어 날아가는 구름
  • 운우雲雨 Korean gloss: 남녀 사이에 육체적으로 관계함
  • 운아雲亞 Korean gloss: 운삽과 아삽을 아울러 이르는 말

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 雲

  • 雲くも cloud
  • 暗雲あんうん dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
  • 雲行きくもゆき weather; look of the sky; situation
  • 青雲せいうん blue sky; erudition; detachment from the world
  • 星雲せいうん nebula; galaxy
  • 風雲ふううん winds and clouds; nature; the elements
  • 雲の上くものうえ above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court
  • 雲水うんすい itinerant priest; wandering monk; mendicant
  • 雨雲あまぐも rain cloud
  • 雷雲らいうん thundercloud
  • 雲母うんも mica; isinglass
  • 雲散霧消うんさんむしょう vanishing like mist

Characters sharing the phonetic 云

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “운” in Korean.

Other hanja read “운”

Other hanja with radical 雨

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