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Cloudy Cloud Weather Sun 曇 ドン くも.る ど

Kanji
Onyomi ドン
Kunyomi くも.る
Nanori ど, ずみ
English cloudy weather, cloud up
Examples 曇り(くもり): cloudiness; cloudy weather; shadow
曇る(くもる): (1) to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast (2) to cloud up; to fog up; to mist up; to become dim (3) to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression); to be downcast (4) to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.)
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade S
Frequency 1899
Components 日: day; sun; Japan; counter for days
雲: cloud
Number of Strokes 16
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 72
Radical Strokes 4
Radical Reading ひ・ひへん・にち・にちへん
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword cloudy weather
Koohii Story 1 Cloudy weather is when a cloud blocks the sun (up above).
Koohii Story 2 In cloudy weather, the sun is still there even if obscured by the clouds...
RTK Index 424

Tags: jlpt.n2, grades, kanjifreq1501-2000, kanji_nature_weather

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