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云 yún — “cloud”
How to write and say the Chinese character 云 (yún), which means cloud — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Nature & weather.
Pinyin · 拼音 yún
Meaning · 意思 cloud
Strokes · 笔画 4
Radical · 部首 二 (two)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
云 is written with 4 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
A little picture: a cloud.
A common word常用词
白云
white clouds
Example sentence例句
白云像棉花糖。
The clouds look like fairy floss.
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