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曇

cloudy weather, cloud up

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes16

Readings

On'yomi

  • ドン

Kun'yomi

  • くも.る

Nanori

  • ど
  • ずみ

Meaning

曇 centers on the sky becoming overcast: cloudy weather or the action of clouding up. The idea is of the sun being obscured by clouds.

Most common words using 曇

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  • 曇りくもり
    N5

    cloudiness; cloudy weather

  • 曇るくもる
    N4

    to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast

  • 曇天どんてん

    cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather

  • 曇り空くもりぞら

    cloudy sky; overcast sky

  • 優曇華うどんげ

    udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata)

  • 薄曇りうすぐもり

    slightly cloudy

  • 曇らせるくもらせる

    to cloud; to make dim or dull; to frown

  • かき曇るかきくもる

    to become overcast

  • 安曇尖鼠あずみとがりねずみ

    Azumi shrew (Sorex hosonoi)

  • 悉曇しったん

    Siddham (characters)

  • 悉曇学しったんがく

    Siddham studies

  • 悉曇文字しったんもじ

    Siddham script

  • 晴後曇はれのちくもり

    cloudy after fine; sunny then cloudy; clear then cloudy

  • 晴曇せいどん

    fine weather and cloudy weather

  • 曇らすくもらす

    to encloud; to make dim; to make dull; to tarnish; to obscure; to darken; to muffle

  • 曇りがちくもりがち

    mainly cloudy; tending to be cloudy

  • 曇りガラスくもりガラス

    frosted glass

  • 曇り声くもりごえ

    depressed voice

  • 曇度くもりど

    opacity

  • 朝曇りあさぐもり

    a cloudy morning

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Etymology

曇 combines 日 (sun) with 雲 (cloud), depicting the sun being covered by clouds. This is a straightforward semantic compound for cloudy conditions.

Meaning mnemonic

The sun 日 sits above a cloud 雲, but the cloud is so thick it covers the sun. That's why 曇 means cloudy weather or clouding up.

Reading mnemonic

For ドン, imagine a dull, overcast day where the sun is gone: don -> ドン, and the sky is completely clouded over.