Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1899 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 16

Meaning: cloudy weather, cloud up

Kunyomi: くも.る

Onyomi: ドン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading:

Meaning: sun, day

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

天(どんてん)   cloudy weather

る(くもる)   become cloudy

り(くもり)   cloudy weather

らす(くもらす)   shadow [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

ドンテン cloudy sky, overcast sky, cloudy weather

セイドン fine weather and cloudy

Kunyomi Examples

くもる to get cloudy, to cloud over, to become overcast, to cloud up, to fog up, to mist up, to become dim, to be gloomy, to be clouded (expression), to be downcast, to look slightly downward (of a noh mask; indicating sadness, grief, etc.)