The Chinese Radical: 云


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Meaning
cloud, fog    云

Explanation

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

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