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曇 — Cloudy weather

JLPT N216 strokesSecondary school#1899 most used
cloudy weather, cloud up
On’yomiドン (don)
Kun’yomiくも (kumoru)

Stroke order (16 strokes)

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Common words using 曇

WordReadingMeaning
曇るくもる
kumoru
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast
曇りくもり
kumori
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.)
曇り空くもりぞら
kumorizora
cloudy sky; overcast sky
薄曇りうすぐもり
usugumori
slightly cloudy

Study notes

曇 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 16 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1899 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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