曇
曇 — Cloudy weather
cloudy weather, cloud up
On’yomiドン (don)
Kun’yomiくもる (kumoru)
Stroke order (16 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 曇
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 曇る | くもる kumoru | to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast |
| 曇り | くもり kumori | cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.) |
| 曇り空 | くもりぞら kumorizora | cloudy sky; overcast sky |
| 薄曇り | うすぐもり usugumori | slightly cloudy |
Study notes
曇 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1899 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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