云

See also: 雲

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology 1

Pictogram (象形), originally a stylized picture of clouds. The character was subsequently borrowed for a homophone meaning "say" and the original meaning came to be represented by 雲 through the addition of a semantic 雨 ("rain") component.

The simplified form adopted by the People's Republic of China in the 1950s eliminates this later addition and uses 云 for both "say" and "cloud".

Han character

云 (radical 7 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一一戈 (MMI), four-corner 1073₁, composition ⿱二厶)

1. (trad. & simp.) say, speak
2. (simplified only) cloud, clouds

Derived terms

• 雲, 芸, 妘, 抎, 沄, 夽, 囩

References

• KangXi: page 86, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 254
• Dae Jaweon: page 178, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 384, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E91

Etymology 2

A contraction of 云南 ("Yunnan"), the simplified form of 雲南, itself a contraction of 雲岭南 ("land south of the Yunling Mountains").

Han character

云 (radical 7 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一一戈 (MMI), four-corner 1073₁, composition ⿱二厶)

1. (abbreviation) Yunnan province in China

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Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 云 – see 雲. (This term, 云, is the simplified form of 雲.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

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simp. and trad.		云

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yún (yun²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wan⁴
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): yùn
• Min Nan (POJ): hûn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: yún
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄣˊ
    • Wade-Giles: yün²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yun
    • IPA ^(key): /yn³⁵/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: wan⁴
    • Yale: wàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wan⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /wɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yùn
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /jun¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hûn
    • Tâi-lô: hûn
    • IPA (Taipei): /hun²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hun¹³/

Definitions

云

1. (classical) to say; to speak (used when quoting from a source)

Compounds

• 云霭
• 云鬓
• 云彩
• 云层
• 云豆
• 云端
• 云朵
• 云贵
• 云海
• 云集
• 云谲波诡
• 云锣
• 云母
• 云泥之别
• 云起龙骧, 云起龙襄
• 云气
• 云雀
• 云散
• 云山雾罩
• 云梯
• 云天
• 云雾
• 云霞
• 云消雾散
• 云霄
• 云烟
• 云涌
• 云游
• 云雨
• 云云
• 云蒸霞蔚

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Japanese

Kanji

云

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

• On: うん (un)
• Kun: いう (iu)

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Korean

Hanja

云 (un) (hangeul 운, revised un, McCune-Reischauer un)

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Vietnamese

Han character

• Hán Việt: vân
• Nôm: vân, rằng

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References

• Lê Sơn Thanh, "Nom-Viet.dat", WinVNKey (details)