曇
cloudy weather, cloud up
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
20 of 29- 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
Study
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.