also: ふうん
drifting cloud; floating cloud
Refers to clouds moving across the sky; often used in poetic or descriptive language.
Drifting clouds are moving across the sky.
instability; transience
Metaphorical use likening something to a drifting cloud; suggests uncertainty or fleetingness. Often appears in literary or figurative contexts.
Life is like a drifting cloud.
Common spelling with okurigana; the reading うきぐも is the most natural modern pronunciation.
Kanji-only spelling; can also be read ふうん, especially in literary or poetic contexts.
Literary or poetic reading of the kanji-only spelling; not common in everyday speech.
Compound of 浮き (uki, 'floating', from verb 浮く uku) + 雲 (kumo, 'cloud'). The reading ふうん is the on'yomi of the kanji compound.