漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
曇: cloudy weather, cloud up
JLPT N216 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
日 carries the meaning · 雲 is drawn in
16 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ドンdon · on'yomi · in compounds
- 曇天どんてんcloudy weather
くもるkumoru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 曇るくもるbecome cloudy
- 曇りくもりcloudy weather
- 曇らすくもらすshadow [v.t.]
- 曇り空くもりぞらcloudy sky; overcast sky
- 薄曇りうすぐもりslightly cloudy
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The life-giving sun in the sky! This simple box was once a perfect circle, representing the regular rising and setting of the sun that marks the rhythm of our lives.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 昙 · traditional, as in Japanese · tán
Japan keeps the traditional form 曇; mainland China simplifies it to 昙.
- Simplified
- 昙 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 曇 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin tán most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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