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Kanji Detail for 云 - "to say"

  • Meaning

    云 means "to say." Also associated with here.

    1. To say - To speak; to quote others.

    2. Here - A particle for adjusting rhythm.

    3. To revolve - To circulate.

    4. Prosperous - Abundant and thriving.

    5. Cloud - Same as the cloud character.

  • Words using

    • 云々 うんぬん Listen and so on; and so forth; et cetera
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    • Verified meaning: to say
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いんのしょう, うん, しおがみ, しおぬま)
    • Also carries these associations: here

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of

    Surnames (いんのしょう)Listen (うん)Listen (しおがみ)Listen (しおぬま)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    say

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    say, speak; clouds

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    (classical) to say

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    cloud; to say, to speak

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Same meaning as 曰 (to say). Such as 人云亦云, meaning echoing what others say. | A modal particle. Like saying "it is so." When narrating something, withholding judgment, often used as a sentence-final particle.
  • Onyomi

    tip
  • Kunyomi

    tip
  • Strokes

    tip
  • Radical

    tip
  • Related Keywords

Sentences including

  • She wanted him to say that he loved her.

  • Give me the slippers! Hey! Give them to me!

  • He had almost no formal education.

  • England is synonymous with football, fish & chips, and the Queen.

  • I said that I don't remember having had any toys, and I also don't remember having had any snacks.

  • Sometimes the old landlady would come by and said "That child doesn't cry", but it was that my babysitting was godly.

  • Why is it painful to live? And why must we continue to live despite the pain? Of course, Lee had never considered such a question before.

  • The following morning she said close to my ears: "We're going back to Paris tonight. He says that there's no way that he'll leave me alone in such a sad place. That's how it is."

  • Me and my colleagues lived in a small 2 room cabin built on the edge of a cliff on the mountain. I say 2 rooms, but besides the entrance, there was a 6 by 2 tatami room. We ate potatoes, dried fish and tofu. Because we were on the top of a cold mountain, the potatoes would freeze during the winter.

  • By the way, the pastry known as "Shu Cream" in Japan is not known under this name neither in England nor in France. If you ask for a "Shu Cream" in England, you will end up comically receiving shoe shine.

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