雲 meaning and stroke order
Cloud; to say, to speak
How to write 雲, stroke by stroke
12 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 雲
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- cloud
How 雲 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. Rain 雨 falling from a cloud 云.
Radical: 雨 (rain), shared by 42 characters on this site.
How to remember 雲
The top part is 雨 (yǔ, rain) and the bottom part is 云 (yún), the older form for cloud. Picture rain 雨 falling from the cloud 云 underneath it, and you have 雲, a cloud.
雲 is the traditional form used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and older texts. Mainland China writes it as 云, so the common words listed here appear with 云 in simplified Chinese. Example: 天上有很多雲。(Tiān shàng yǒu hěn duō yún.) There are many clouds in the sky.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes write 雨 on top of other cloud-like parts or confuse 雲 with 雷 (léi, thunder), which has 田 under 雨 instead of 云. Also keep the second tone in yún, not yǔn or yùn.
Common words with 雲
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | Level |
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| 多雲 | duōyún | (meteorology) cloudy | HSK 2 |
| 烏雲 | wūyún | black cloud | HSK 6 |
| 風雲 | fēngyún | weather; unstable situation | HSK 7-9 |
| 星雲 | xīngyún | nebula | |
| 雲層 | yúncéng | the clouds; cloud layer | |
| 雲雀 | yúnquè | (bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis) | |
| 雲彩 | yúncai | (coll.) cloud | |
| 雲端 | yúnduān | high in the clouds; (computing) the cloud | |
| 煙消雲散 | yānxiāoyúnsàn | (idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear | |
| 白雲 | Báiyún | white cloud | |
| 浮雲 | fúyún | floating clouds; fleeting | |
| 雲朵 | yúnduǒ | a cloud | |
| 雲霄 | Yúnxiāo | (the) skies | |
| 雲霄飛車 | yúnxiāofēichē | roller coaster |
Questions about 雲
How many strokes are in 雲?
雲 is written with 12 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 雲 mean?
雲 (yún) means cloud; to say, to speak. A common word with it is 多云 (duōyún), meaning "(meteorology) cloudy".
How do you pronounce 雲?
雲 is pronounced yún, in the second tone (rising).
What is the radical of 雲?
The radical of 雲 is 雨, which carries the idea of "rain". Dictionaries list 雲 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 雲?
雲 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 云, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Does 雲 also mean 'to say'?
The 'to say' sense belongs to 云 in classical Chinese, as in 人云亦云 (rén yún yì yún), to repeat what others say. In traditional writing that meaning stays with 云 and is not written as 雲.
How do you say 'the cloud' in computing?
Use 云端 (yúnduān), written 雲端 in traditional script. You will also see 云计算 (yún jìsuàn), cloud computing.