Japanese Vocabulary Word • hiragana
雲
[ Kana: くも ]
/kumo/
JLPT N5HIRAGANA
Meaning / Translation
Cloud (雲) / Spider (蜘蛛)
💡 Kumo refers to both sky clouds (雲, high pitch) and spiders (蜘蛛, flat pitch). Remember: clouds are high up in the sky like high pitch!
Example Sentence with Furigana (文例)
青い空に白い雲が浮かんでいます。
Aoi sora ni shiroi kumo ga ukande imasu.
White clouds are floating in the blue sky.
Kanji Variations & Homophone Disambiguation (同音異義語)
In Japanese, identical kana readings can represent completely different Kanji with distinct meanings and pitch accents:
雲
Current Page頭高 (Atamadaka - ＼_ )
Cloud
Vapor clouds floating in the atmosphere.
青空に白い雲 (aozora ni shiroi kumo - White clouds in blue sky)
蜘蛛
平板 (Heiban - _／ )
Spider
Eight-legged arachnid that spins webs.
蜘蛛の巣 (kumo no su - Spider web)
Character Breakdown (Spelling Guide)
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