曇 – cloudy weather, cloud up

16 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#1899 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 曇 means cloudy weather, cloud up. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ドン (don); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is くも.る (kumoru). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 日 (no. 72).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ドン	don
Kun’yomi	くも.る	kumoru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 日 (Kangxi radical 72). Components: 雨・二・日・厶.

Words using 曇

曇りくもりcloudiness曇るくもるto get cloudy

Example sentences

昨日、東京は曇りでしたか。

Was it cloudy in Tokyo yesterday?

Tatoeba #170138

突然、空が曇ってきた。

All of a sudden, it became cloudy.

Tatoeba #123352

今日は曇っている。

It is cloudy today.

Tatoeba #171528

Kanji with the same radical

日時明昨早映景旧易春暴普昇星曜暮

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