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雲 = 雨 + 云

雲 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “cloud”. It is built from 雨 (rain) and 云 (quote). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 452. It appears as a component in 1 other character in this index.

Keyword
cloud
RTK frame
452
Strokes
12
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ウン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くも, -ぐも
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
облако
Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
雲 clouds

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 雨 rain
  2. 云 quote

Characters that contain 雲

How to find 雲 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “rain” + “quote”. 雲 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 雲 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.