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Character #644 · The First 1000

yún

cloud

cloud; (classical) to say

cloud

Strokes
412
TraditionalSimplified
雲 云
Poster cell
AB23
01 常用词语

Common words with

  • duōyún cloudy (meteorology)
  • wūyún black cloud
  • fēngyún weather
  • yúnjí to gather (in a crowd)
  • yúnwù clouds and mist
  • xīngyún nebula
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 云雲

Write 云雲 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, yún, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

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Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell AB23 · 28 × 36 grid

云雲 is #644 on The First 1000 poster.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 云 mean in English?
云 (yún) means "cloud": cloud; (classical) to say.
How do you pronounce 云?
云 is pronounced yún in pinyin, with the second (rising) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄩㄣˊ.
How many strokes does 云 have?
The simplified form, 云, has 4 strokes. The traditional form, 雲, has 12.
What is the traditional form of 云?
The traditional form of 云 is 雲. 云 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 雲 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
What are common words with 云?
Common words that use 云 include 多云 (duōyún, cloudy (meteorology)), 乌云 (wūyún, black cloud), 风云 (fēngyún, weather), 云集 (yúnjí, to gather (in a crowd)).
How common is 云?
云 is number 644 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell AB23 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.