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cloud, fog 云
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Used in these Kanji:
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会
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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to meet, can, be possible, likely to, to assemble
huì, kuài Top: person 人, below: to say, cloud 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds) - [厶 = nose in side view]
When persons are speaking 云 together as "two noses" they meet and assemble.
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会
人
厶
云
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运
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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to move, transport, use, luck, fate
yùn Left: movement 辶, right: cloud 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)
The movement of clouds stands for: movements and transport.
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辶
云
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动
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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to move, to act, to use
dòng Left: cloud, to speak 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds), right: force 力
Not only clouds move, but also with force you can make things move.
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云
力
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层
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JLPT HSK 3 |
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floor (of a buildings), layer, stratum, storey
céng Outside: 尸 (buttock in side view), below: cloud, to say 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)
When they are with their buttocks on different "clouds", it refers to: "floors".
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尸
云
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尝
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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to taste (food), to try, already, ever, once
cháng From top: small 小, cover 冖, cloud, to say 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)
If the small (thing) on the cover tastes like a cloud, that's I want to try/taste.
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小
冖
云
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云
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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cloud, to say sth.
yún Top: two 二 (here: image of clouds), bottom: nose 厶
It can drip from both, namely from noses or: clouds.
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二
云
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偿
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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to compensate for, repay, reimburse, fulfill (hopes etc)
cháng Left: person 亻, right: taste(food) 尝 (If the small 小 under the cover 冖 tastes like a cloud 云, that's I want to: try/taste.) [cloud 云 = It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds]
The person tasted the food and will compensate the cost.
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亻
云
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坛
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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earthen jar, altar
tán Left: earth 土, right: cloud 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)
Use earth (=clay) and (water from the) cloud to you make a jar.
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土
云
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魂
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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soul, spirit
hún Left: cloud 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds), right: devil 鬼 (death mask [accent ノ, Field 田], legs 儿, nose 厶)
The cloud next to the devil is his soul.
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鬼
云
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酝
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to brew
yùn Left: alcohol 酉, right: cloud 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)
When alcohol makes clouds, then during the brewing.
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酉
云
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芸
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JLPT no HSK |
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common rue (Ruta graveolens), books and libraries
yún Top: plant 艹, bottom: cloud 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)
A plant that spreads like a cloud (through the twisting shoots) is the rue/bean.
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艹
云
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