• 691st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 178 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yún (yun2)(classical) to say
2. yún (Yun2)surname Yun • abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省[Yun2 nan2 sheng3]
3. yún (yun2)cloud • CL:朵[duo3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

多云 (多雲)
浮云 (浮雲)
白云 (白雲)
赵云 (趙雲)
云南 (雲南)
风云 (風雲)

Uncommon

不知所云 
九霄云外 (九霄雲外)
云云 
人云亦云 
凌云 (凌雲)
刘青云 (劉青雲)
密云 (密雲)
彩云 (彩雲)
星云 (星雲)
乌云 (烏雲)
烟消云散 (煙消雲散)
白云区 (白雲區)
祥云 (祥雲)
行云流水 (行雲流水)
连云港 (連雲港)
阴云 (陰雲)
云南省 (雲南省)
云吞 (雲吞)
云层 (雲層)
云彩 (雲彩)
云朵 (雲朵)
云浮 (雲浮)
云烟 (雲煙)
云端 (雲端)
云雀 (雲雀)
云集 (雲集)
云雨 (雲雨)
云霄 (雲霄)
云雾 (雲霧)
青云 (青雲)

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  • 926th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.02% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 126 words
  • Component in 93 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yu3)rain • CL:陣|阵[zhen4],場|场[chang2]
2. (yu4)to rain • (of rain, snow etc) to fall • to precipitate • to wet

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu3)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (yu3)The component is pronounced as '' (yu4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu3). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
4. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as '' (yu4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

下雨 

Uncommon

冒雨 
大雨 
小雨 
春雨 
暴雨 
暴风雨 (暴風雨)
毛毛雨 
流星雨 
淋雨 
烟雨 (煙雨)
细雨 (細雨)
阵雨 (陣雨)
雨伞 (雨傘)
雨天 
雨夹雪 (雨夾雪)
雨季 
雨林 
雨水 
雨滴 
风雨 (風雨)
风雨无阻 (風雨無阻)
骤雨 (驟雨)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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