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巻層雲 (kensouun) Japanese meaning: cirrostratus | Kotomora

巻けん層そう雲うん

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Meanings

1

cirrostratus

A high-altitude, thin, whitish cloud layer that often produces halo phenomena. Technical meteorological term.

巻けん層そう雲うんが空そら全ぜん体たいに広ひろがると、太たい陽ようの周まわりに暈かさが

見み

える

こと

が

ある

。

When cirrostratus spreads across the sky, a halo can sometimes be seen around the sun.

Kanji

絹silk
層stratum, social class, layer
雲cloud
巻scroll, volume, book

Related words

巻けん雲うん
Cirrus clouds are wispy and detached, while cirrostratus forms a more continuous, veil-like layer.
高こう層そう雲うん
Altostratus is a mid-level cloud, thicker and grayer than the high, thin cirrostratus.

Written forms

巻けん層そう雲うん
Standard kanji spelling for cirrostratus; the first character 巻 means 'roll up' or 'scroll' and is used in cloud terminology.
絹けん層そう雲うん
Alternate spelling using 絹 (silk); less common than 巻層雲.

Etymology

A meteorological compound of 巻 “cirrus,” 層 “layer,” and 雲 “cloud,” created as the Japanese name for cirrostratus.