云 U+4E91, 云 ← 亐[U+4E90] CJK Unified Ideographs 互 →[U+4E92] Stroke order

(Kangxi radical 7, 二+2, 4 strokes, Cangjie input 一一戈 (MMI), four-corner 10731, composition ⿱二厶 or ⿱一𠫔)

  • 呍, 妘, 忶, 抎, 枟, 眃, 秐, 紜 (纭), 耘, 耺
  • 䢵, 魂, 䲰 (𪉂), 䰟, 夽, 芸, 侌, 雲, 藝, 兿, 凨, 囩
  • 転, 伝 (Simplified from 專 in Japanese)
  • 沄, 叆, 叇, 昙 (Simplified from 雲 in traditional Chinese)
  • 会, 尝, 层, 动, 运, 坛, 酝 (Simplified from various components in traditional Chinese)
  • (Traditional form of 云)
  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 86, character 8
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 254
  • Dae Jaweon: page 178, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 384, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+4E91

Pictogram (象形): a stylized picture of clouds.

Jiajie (假借) – The character was subsequently borrowed for a near-homophonemeaning “to say”, and the original meaning came to be represented by 雲 (OC *ɢun), through the addition of a semantic component 雨 (“rain”).

The simplified form adopted by the People’s Republic of China in the 1950s eliminates this later addition and uses 云 for both “to say” and “cloud”.

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 雲 (“cloud; cloud; etc.”).(This character is the simplified and ancient form of 雲).Notes:

  • Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
  • Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

simp. and trad. alternative forms 廵 (“to stroll”) Hokkien巡 (“to stroll”) Hokkien

Perhaps cognate to 謂 (OC *ɢuds) (Wang Li, 1982).

  1. (literary) to say; to speak (used when quoting from a source)
  2. A particle.
  3. a surname:
    1. originated from 妘 (yún)
    2. originated from Zhou dynasty feudal state of 䢵
    3. originated from surname 牒云
    4. simplified from 雲
  4. (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Philippine Hokkien) to go on a pleasure trip; to roam around; to stroll; to saunter; to go for a walk
  5. (~母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 云 (MC hjun), equivalent to the 3rd (děng) of the initial 喻 (MC yuH)
  • (to go on a pleasure trip): 漫遊/漫游 (mànyóu)

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. say
  • Go-on: うん (un)
  • Kan-on: うん (un)
  • Kun: いう (iu, 云う)←いふ (ifu, 云ふ, historical)
  • Nanori: おき (oki)、これ (kore)、とも (tomo)、ひと (hito)
  • 云々(しかじか) (shikajika)
  • 云々(うんぬん) (unnun)

Kanji in this term 云 うんJinmeiyō on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 云 (MC hjun).

  • IPA(key): [ɯ̟̃ɴ]

云(うん) • (un)

  1. say

(eum (un))

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云: Hán Việt readings: vân (于(vu)分(phân)切(thiết))[1][2][3][4] 云: Nôm readings: vân[1][2][5]

  1. chữ Hán form of vân (“to say; to speak”)