云 yún cloud

源How it came to be

A cloud curling under the line of the sky: the flat stroke is the air above, the hook beneath it is the cloud rolling over.

用How it is used

• 'Cloud' - 天上有云 (tiān shàng yǒu yún) there are clouds in the sky; 乌云 (wūyún) dark clouds.
• In classical/literary Chinese 云 also means 'to say' (人云亦云 rén yún yì yún, to parrot what others say).
• 风云 (fēngyún) 'wind and clouds' figuratively means a turbulent, changing situation.

字Characters built with 云

• 动 move
• 运 transport
• 层 layer
• 尝 to taste
• 偿 to repay
• 坛 altar
• 耘 to weed
• 酝 liquor
• 魂 soul

词Words with 云

• 风云fēngyúnweatherHSK 7
• 乌云wūyúnblack cloudHSK 8

句Example sentences

• 天上有一朵白云。 Tiānshàng yǒu yì duǒ báiyún.There's one white cloud in the sky.
• 太阳消失在云层后面。 Tàiyáng xiāoshī zài yúncéng hòumian.The sun is disappearing behind the clouds.