云(yún)

HSK 24 strokesTrad. 雲

(classical) to say

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Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
yún
Meaning
(classical) to say
Strokes
4
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional
雲

Origin & structure

Where 云 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿱二厶

A cloud

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

二èr厶sī

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form 雲: Rain 雨 falling from a cloud 云

How to write 云 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 云

Common words using 云 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

duō多yún云
HSK 2

(meteorology) cloudy

Open 多云 page →
wū乌yún云
HSK 6

black cloud

Open 乌云 page →
yún云yún云

and so on; so and so; many and confused

Open 云云 page →
yún云chéng城

see 云城区

Open 云城 page →
yī依yún云

Evian, mineral water company; Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south…

Open 依云 page →
bù不zhī知suǒ所yún云

to not know what sb is driving at

Open 不知所云 page →
jiǔ九xiāo霄yún云wài外

beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)

Open 九霄云外 page →
rén人yún云yì亦yún云

to say what everyone says (idiom)

Open 人云亦云 page →

Related characters

More HSK 2 characters

万且业为主举久乐

From 云’s common words

多乌城依不知所九

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