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巻積雲 (けんせきうん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

巻けん積せき雲うん

け

ん

せ

き

う

ん

Meanings

1

noun

cirrocumulus; cirrocumulus cloud

meteorology

Meteorological term for a high-altitude cloud composed of small white patches or ripples.

空そらに巻けん積せき雲うんが広ひろがっている。
Cirrocumulus clouds are spreading across the sky.
巻けん積せき雲うんは

、

うろこ

雲ぐも

と

も

呼よ

ば

れる

。

Cirrocumulus clouds are also called mackerel sky.

Written forms

巻けん積せき雲うん
Standard kanji spelling for this meteorological term.
絹けん積せき雲うん
Alternate kanji spelling using 絹 (silk); less common than 巻積雲.

Kanji

巻scroll, volume, book
積volume, product (x*y), acreage
雲cloud
絹silk

Similar words

うろこ雲ぐも
Common name for cirrocumulus, literally 'scale cloud', used in everyday conversation.
巻けん雲うん
Cirrus clouds, another high-altitude cloud type, wispier and more fibrous than cirrocumulus.

Etymology

Compound of 巻 (けん, 'roll' or 'curl') + 積 (せき, 'accumulate') + 雲 (うん, 'cloud'), a calque of the international meteorological term 'cirrocumulus'.