云

yún

abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 Sheng3]

surname Yun; cloud; CL:朵[duo3]

a picture of 云 → cloud

The ancient form showed swirling vapor rising from the sky, captured in a few sweeping strokes. Over time the character was simplified, but its essence remains a sketch of clouds in motion.

二+厶→云

天上有很多白云。

tiān shàng yǒu hěn duō bái yún。

There are many white clouds in the sky.

雨后天空中的云变得特别美。

yǔ hòu tiān kōng zhōng de yún biàn de tè bié měi。

After the rain, the clouds in the sky become especially beautiful.

Words with 云

九霄云外

jiǔ xiāo yún wài

beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)

高云

gāo yún

Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty

白云区

bái yún qū

Baiyun, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong

刘云山

liú yún shān

Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012

云游

yún yóu

to wander (typically of an errant priest)

行云流水

xíng yún liú shuǐ

lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom)

陈云

chén yún

Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist

云端

yún duān

high in the clouds

翻云覆雨

fān yún fù yǔ

to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground

蘑菇云

mó gū yún

mushroom cloud

云贵高原

yún guì gāo yuán

Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan

连云

lián yún

see 連雲區|连云区[Lian2 yun2 Qu1]

More characters with 二

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