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云 [yún] (书) say; (F雲) (云彩 yúncai) clouds; 云南 Yunnan province; (HDZ:) …

►¹yún* 云[雲] {A} n. ①cloud ②short name for Yunnan ③Surname
►²yún 云 {E} v. 〈environment:〉 wr. say

The Shuōwén Seal form of 云(􂀉) yún ‘clouds’ (mountain/river spirit) combines the old form of 上(􀀆𠄞􀀇丄) shàng ‘heavens/above’ (as in 雨, 示), with a shape like 厶(􁣶) below representing swirling mist/clouds; formerly wr. 𡆳(􂀊), in the main SW form 雲(􂀈) the upper component is 雨(􁿏) ‘rain’ instead of 上/𠄞.
    Note: (书) 云 yún ‘say’ (语云 ‘it is said’) is a borrowing, an old contraction of 语言 yǔyán.
    Compare: 魂(􁣡䰟) hún ‘soul/spirit’, 沄(􁹚) yún ‘swirling waves/whirlpool’, 澐(􁹥) yún ‘great river waves’.
    Compare: 回(􁃶􁃷囘) ‘swirling vortex/whirlpool/abyss’; 阴/陰(􂀌侌) yīn (⚋)
    Compare: 会/會(􀸷) huì ‘come/put together, meet’.
    HDZ: 云 : yún : 雲 (古文); 说 (cf. 𧬞, 𠱳; 语云); 有; 为; 远; 友善; 运动貌; (代词) 如此; (连词) 若, 如果; (助词); 芸: 多 (cf. 𧶊); (姓)
►references: Guǎngyùn:110.11; Wieger:93a; Karlgren:AD291,GSR460a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.384.2; Lindqvist:171; Mathews:7745; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:86.08; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:005.1.03; Wáng(1993):34; EDOC:1
►components: 二厶一𠫔
 ►Cantonese: wahn\
Shuōwén: 􂀉(云)
►stroke 云 (... strokes)
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►list words containing 云 (most common words first)
Unicode: U+4E91
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-<WL>云 [yún] say; (F雲) (云彩 yúncai) cloud
+<WL>云 [yún] (书) say; (F雲) (云彩 yúncai) clouds; 云南 Yunnan province@@; (HDZ:) …
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-Picture of clouds. The character 云 was borrowed for the word yún ‘say’ (now rare), which happened to sound the same, and the full form 雲 was created with 雨 (yǔ) ‘rain’ added to the top.
+The Shuōwén Seal form of 云(􂀉) yún ‘clouds’ (mountain/river spirit) combines the old form of 上(􀀆𠄞􀀇丄) shàng ‘heavens/above’ (as in 雨, 示), with a shape like 厶(􁣶) below representing swirling mist/clouds; formerly wr. 𡆳(􂀊), in the main SW form 雲(􂀈) the upper component is 雨(􁿏) ‘rain’ instead of 上/𠄞.
+	Note: (书) 云 yún ‘say’ (语云 ‘it is said’) is a borrowing, an old contraction of 语言 yǔyán.
+	Compare: 魂(􁣡䰟) hún ‘soul/spirit’, 沄(􁹚) yún ‘swirling waves/whirlpool’, 澐(􁹥) yún ‘great river waves’.
+	Compare: 回(􁃶􁃷囘) ‘swirling vortex/whirlpool/abyss’; 阴/陰(􂀌侌) yīn (⚋)
+	Compare: 会/會(􀸷) huì ‘come/put together, meet’.
+	HDZ: 云 : yún : 雲 (古文); 说 (cf. 𧬞, 𠱳; 语云); 有; 为; 远; 友善; 运动貌; (代词) 如此; (连词) 若, 如果; (助词); 芸: 多 (cf. 𧶊); (姓)
 #rG.110.11 W.93a K.AD291,GSR460a D.1.384.2 L.171 M.7745 KX..86.08 B.005.1.03 WHY...34 E.1
 #c二厶一𠫔
 #y wahn\
 </WL>