巻雲

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
巻 雲
けん
Grade: 6 		うん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
卷雲 (kyūjitai)
絹雲
 巻雲 on Japanese Wikipedia

From 巻(けん) (ken, “roll”) + 雲(うん) (un, “cloud”).

Pronunciation

Noun

巻(けん)雲(うん) • (ken'un) 

  1. cirrus cloud

See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
巻 雲
ま(き)
Grade: 6 		くも > ぐも
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
卷雲 (kyūjitai)
巻き雲
捲雲
捲き雲

From 巻(まき) (maki, “roll”) + 雲(くも) (kumo, “cloud”). The kumo changes to gumo as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

Noun

巻(まき)雲(ぐも) • (makigumo) 

  1. cirrus cloud

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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