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云

云 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. 言う。
  2. （漢文・助辞 語調を整える）ここに。
  3. （簡体字、雲の代用）雲。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

形声。「二」 + 音符「囘」。「くも」を意味する漢語｛雲｝を表す字。のち仮借して「いう」を意味する漢語｛云｝に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

say

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ウン
Kun (native)
  • い(う)
  • ここに
Other languages
  • 拼音yun2
  • 한글un
  • Hán-ViệtVân

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
二(に)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+4E91

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱二厶

Words using this kanji

  • 云々うんぬんand so on, and so forth, et cetera, and such
  • 云為うんい発言することと行動すること。sayings and doings, words and deeds
  • 云爾うんじsuch as
  • 云々かんぬんうんぬんかんぬんand so on, and so forth, et cetera, and such

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(4 results)

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Lookup codes

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