積乱雲

Japanese

Kanji in this term
積	乱	雲
せき Grade: 4	らん Grade: 6	うん Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

From 積 (seki, “stack”) +‎ 乱 (ran, “disturbance”) +‎ 雲 (un, “cloud”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) せきらんうん [sèkíráꜜǹ'ùǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [se̞kʲiɾã̠ɰ̃ɯ̟̃ᵝɴ]

Noun

積乱雲 (hiragana せきらんうん, rōmaji sekiran'un)

cumulonimbus
Synonyms: 入道雲 (nyūdōgumo), 雷雲 (raiun, kaminarigumo)

See also

積 (せき)雲 (うん) (sekiun)
乱 (らん)層 (そう)雲 (うん) (ransōun)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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