云

Stroke order

云 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一一戈 (MMI), four-corner 1073₁, composition ⿱二厶 or ⿱一𠫔)

• 呍, 妘, 沄, 抎, 忶, 枟, 眃, 𥐯, 秐, 紜(纭), 耘, 耺, 夽, 侌, 芸, 凨, 囩, 雲, 藝, 䢵, 魂, 䲰(𪉂), 䰟, 兿, 𰚼
• 転, 伝 (Simplified from 專 in Japanese)
• 沄, 叆, 叇, 昙 (Simplified from 雲 in traditional Chinese)
• 会, 尝, 层, 动, 运, 坛, 酝 (Simplified from various components in traditional Chinese)

• 雲 (Traditional form of 云)

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 86, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 254
• Dae Jaweon: page 178, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 384, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E91

Historical forms of the character 云
Shang	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Small seal script
Small seal script s08529
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Pictogram (象形) : a stylized picture of clouds.

Jiajie (假借) - The character was subsequently borrowed for a near-homophone meaning "to say", and the original meaning came to be represented by 雲 (OC *ɢun), through the addition of a semantic component 雨 (“rain”).

The simplified form adopted by the People's Republic of China in the 1950s eliminates this later addition and uses 云 for both "to say" and "cloud".

Wikipedia has an article on:

• 云 (消歧義)

Perhaps cognate to 謂 (OC *ɢuds) (Wang Li, 1982).

云

1. (literary) to say; to speak (used when quoting from a source)
2. A particle.
3. a surname:
   1. originated from 妘 (yún)
   2. originated from Zhou dynasty feudal state of 䢵
   3. originated from surname 牒云
   4. simplified from 雲
4. (Quanzhou, Xiamen and Philippine Hokkien) to go on a pleasure trip; to roam around; to stroll; to saunter; to go for a walk
5. (～母) (Chinese linguistics) the Middle Chinese initial of 云 (MC hjun), equivalent to the 3rd 等 (děng) of the initial 喻 (MC yuH)

• (to go on a pleasure trip): 漫遊／漫游 (mànyóu)

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. say

• Go-on: うん (un)
• Kan-on: うん (un)
• Kun: いう (iu, 云う)^{←いふ (ifu, 云ふ, historical)}
• Nanori: おき (oki)、これ (kore)、とも (tomo)、ひと (hito)

• 云々(しかじか) (shikajika)
• 云々(うんぬん) (unnun)

From Middle Chinese 云 (MC hjun).

• IPA^(key):

云(うん) • (un) 

1. say

云 (eum 운 (un))

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云: Hán Việt readings: vân (于(vu)分(phân)切(thiết))^[1][2][3][4]
云: Nôm readings: vân^[1][2][5]

1. chữ Hán form of vân (“to say; to speak”).