くも
kumo
JLPT N212 strokesKanjiLevel 67 - JLPT N2

Quick answer

雲 is the kanji for "Cloud". Its reading is くも (kumo). This page includes example sentences and a stroke-order diagram.

Meaning

Cloud

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Readings

kunくも/ kumokunぐも/ gumoonうん/ un

kun = Japanese reading · on = Chinese reading

Practice writing

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Stroke Order

12 strokes

Radicals

Example Sentences

夏の入道雲を見ると、子供の頃の夏休みを思い出します。

なつのにゅうどうぐもをみると、こどものころのなつやすみをおもいだします。

Seeing the cumulonimbus clouds of summer, I remember summer vacations from childhood.

雲一つない青空のもとで、ピクニックを楽しみました。

くもひとつないあおぞらのもとで、ぴくにっくをたのしみました。

Under a cloudless blue sky, I enjoyed a picnic.

Vocabulary using 雲

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Last updated Jul 22, 2026

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