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波状雲 (はじょううん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

波は状じょう雲うん

also: なみじょううん

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Meanings

1

noun

undulatus; wave cloud

A meteorological term for a cloud formation with a wavy, undulating pattern. Used in weather reports and scientific contexts.

今日きょうの空そらには美うつくしい波は状じょう雲うんが広ひろがっている。
Beautiful undulatus clouds are spreading across the sky today.
気き象しょう予よ報ほう士しが波は状じょう雲うんの発はっ生せいに

Written forms

波状雲
- はじょううん
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading はじょううん is the most common.
- なみじょううん
  Alternate reading; less common than はじょううん.
なみじょううん

Kanji

波waves, billows, Poland
状status quo, conditions, circumstances

つい

て

説せつ

明めい

し

た

。

The weather forecaster explained the formation of wave clouds.

雲cloud

Similar words

巻けん積せき雲うん
Cirrocumulus, a high-altitude cloud that can also show wave patterns, but 波状雲 specifically refers to the undulatus variety across different cloud types.
層そう積せき雲うん
Stratocumulus, a low-level cloud that often exhibits undulatus formations; 波状雲 is the pattern, not a specific cloud genus.

Etymology

Compound of 波状 (wave-shaped) and 雲 (cloud). The reading はじょううん uses the on'yomi for the first two characters, while なみじょううん mixes kun'yomi and on'yomi.