JLPT N2 · 16 strokes
Kanji 曇: "cloudy weather, cloud up"
The kanji 曇 means "cloudy weather, cloud up". It is written with 16 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N2, read ドン in on'yomi and くも.る in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ドン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
くも.る
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | cloudy weather, cloud up |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 16 |
| JLPT level | N2 |
| Taught in Japan | secondary school |
| Frequency rank | 1899 of 2,501 |
Common words with 曇
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 曇るto get cloudy; to cloud over; to become overcast · to cloud up; to fog up; to mist up; to become dim
- 曇りcloudiness; cloudy weather · fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); blur; mist
- 顔を曇らすto darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
- 曇り空cloudy sky; overcast sky
- 曇天cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
- 曇りガラスfrosted glass
- 薄曇りslightly cloudy
- 眉を曇らすto knit one's brows; to frown
- 曇らすto encloud; to make dim; to make dull; to tarnish
- かき曇るto become overcast
- 曇りがちmainly cloudy; tending to be cloudy
- 花曇りhazy weather in spring
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