云

yún

yúnspelled as ün · 2nd tone — spelling rules

(classical) to say

Radical: 二 Strokes: 4 HSK 2

Structure: Top-bottomFrequency: Common

Same radical

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Same radical

五二亚井于亏互些亘亟亍亓

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Character Decomposition

云=二+厶

Etymology

A cloud

Meanings

(classical) to say

yún

cloud

CL:朵 duǒ

yún

surname Yun

short name for Yunnan

Yún

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Words with 云 1245 total

(meteorology) cloudy多云duō yún floating clouds · fleeting · transient浮云fú yún white cloud白云bái yún to ride the clouds · fig. self-satisfied · arrogant驾云jià yún

Idioms with 云 327 total

lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) · fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world白云苍狗bái yún cāng gǒu lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice拨云见日bō yún jiàn rì