雲 cloud

雨 (rain) + 云 (twin decapited cows)
★★★☆☆
12 strokes
SOLOILL PAIR

Onyomi

UN

It's UNlucky to play with electricity on a cloudy day.

Mnemonic

Clouds rain on the severed heads of Siamese twin cows.

Kunyomi

くも cloud
★★★☆☆

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
雷 lightning RICE FIELD 田
震 shake, tremble PAYBACK
雲 cloud MOOCOW ム
曇 get cloudy SUN 日

Lightning hits the RICE FIELD so near

PAYBACK makes me tremble with fear

Cloud hovers over a MOOCOW,

but when the SUN is hidden behind clouds, it gets more cloudy.

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