The story of 云

say, cloud

云 depicts a swirling cloud, the stroke above the cloud represents the sky. The original meaning of 云 is cloud, but such meaning has been replaced by 雲, now 云 only means speaking. When someone speaks, air will be exhaled from his mouth, like clouds.

Vocabulary of 云

  • 人云亦云 (echo what other say)

Classification

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