曇

Cloudy sky...
Originally uploaded by hoshizora

Cloudy, gloomy

曇（くも）る - to become cloudy
kumoru

曇（くも）り - being cloudy
kumori



日 + 雲 = 曇
It gets cloudy when the clouds hide the sun.

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Radical: 雨
Stroke Count: 16
音：ドン
訓：くも
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雷

Thunderstorm I
Originally uploaded by MontyPython

Thunder

雷（かみなり） - thunder
kaminari

雷（ライ）雨（ウ） - thunderstorm
raiu


The kanji 雷 originally looked like .
The (+) marks indicate rolling thunders under 雨 (rain).
cf. 雨 、電

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Radical: 雨
Stroke Count: 13
音：ライ
訓：かみなり
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電

Lightning
Originally uploaded by feel_the_green

Electricity

電（デン）気（キ） - electricity
denki

電（デン）子（シ） - an electron
denshi

電（デン）車（シャ） - a train
densha

電（デン）話（ワ） - a telephone
denwa



The part looking like 甲 under 雨 (rain) represents lightning.
rain + lightning = electricity
cf. 雷

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Radical: 雨
Stroke Count: 13
音：デン
訓：-
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雪

pampas
Originally uploaded by gauge24.

Snow

• snjeg, snjegovi

雪（ゆき） - snow
yuki

積（セキ）雪（セツ）　- fallen snow, accumulation of snow
sekisetsu


- Jučer sam pročitao "Snjegovi Kilimandžara".
- watashi wa kinou, "kirimanjaro no yuki" wo yomi mashita.
- 私は昨日、「キリマンジャロの雪」を読みました。
- I read "The snow of Kilimanjaro" yesterday.

• It is said that ヨ in 雪 is from 彗 ( a little broom made with Japanese silver grass), and snow is considered to sweep/purify everything on the earth.

See 雨、雲

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Radical : 雨
Stroke Count: 11
音：セツ
訓：ゆき
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雲

thunderhead
Originally uploaded by Lori L..

Cloud

• oblak, oblaci

雲（くも）
kumo

積（セキ）乱（ラン）雲（ウン） - thunderhead
sekiran'un

• 雨 = rain
  
• 云 = moisture vapor spread in the air

See 雨、雪

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Radical : 雨
Stroke Count: 12
音：ウン
訓：くも
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雨

rain drops
Originally uploaded by Isis.


Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Originally uploaded by Slavina Bahchevanova
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Rain

• kiša

雨　（あめ） - rain
ame

雨（あま）宿（やど）り　- hide/shelter from the rain
amayadori

雨（ウ）天（テン） - rainy weather
uten

• 一　= sky, somewhere high above (See 天）
• 巾　= clouds
• 、、 = raindrops - kapi kiše

Another way to remember this kanji is, imagine something falling down from the sky as shown below.



See 雲、雪、電
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Radical : 雨
Stroke Count: 8
音：ウ
訓：あめ・あま
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