慶けい雲うん

noun

auspicious cloud

Only with reading けいうん

A classical Chinese-derived term for a cloud believed to be a good omen. Rare in modern Japanese outside historical or literary contexts.

• 古こ典てんでは、慶けい雲うんが現あらわれると吉きっ兆ちょうとされた。

  In classical texts, the appearance of an auspicious cloud was considered a good omen.

noun

Keiun era (704–708)

Only when written 慶雲

Japanese era name spanning 704 to 708 CE. Read as けいうん or きょううん; the kanji 慶雲 is used exclusively for this sense.

• 慶けい雲うん年ねん間かんに鋳ちゅう造ぞうされた和わ同どう開かい珎ちんは、日本にほん最さい古この貨か幣へいとされる。

  Wadōkaichin coins, cast during the Keiun era, are considered Japan's oldest currency.