雲

Old Japanese

noun
Definitions
  • a cloud
  • (by extension) the smoke during cremation that is thought to be the soul of the deceased person ascending into the heavens

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Japonic *kumo.

Origin

Proto-Japonic

*kumo

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