Memory phrase for the character: 云

云

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Meaning

cloud, to say sth.

Pronunciation

yún

Explanation

Top: two 二 (here: image of clouds), bottom: nose 厶 (side view of a nose, but here a rotation like a eddy or vortex)

Mnemonic


 
They can be arranged in layers and form vortices/eddies: the clouds.

Radicals

二 two
云 cloud, fogThey can be arranged in layers 二 and form vortices/eddies 厶: the clouds.




 Vocabulary

 
云窗雾槛 yún chuāng wù kǎn  cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds
云霄飞车 yún xiāo fēi chē  roller coaster
云杉 yún shān  spruce
堕云雾中 duò yún wù zhōng  lit. to become lost in a fog (idiom); fig. at a complete loss
云豹 yún bào  clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa)
云雀 yún què  lark; skylark
玫瑰星云 méi guī xīng yún  Rosette nebula NGC 2237
高耸入云 gāo sǒng rù yún  tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
鹰状星云 Yīng zhuàng xīng yún  Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
云雾 yún wù  clouds and mist
 


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